1.Create a basic button
FILE/NEW/ 300 X 200/
TRANSP. BG./ FOREG=WHITE/ BG=BLUE
FLOOD FILL/ LINEAR GRADIENT/ FILL/ SELECT NONE
SELECTION/RECTANGLE/ Make a small rectangle inside/ EDIT/ CUT
INVERT COLORS/ FLOOD FILL/ LINEAR GRADIENT/DESELECT
IMAGE/ CANVAS RESIZE/ 305 X 205/ SELECTION/ RECTANGLE/
300 X 200/ SELECT ALL/ FOREG= RED/ FLOOD FILL/ SOLID/FILL.
2. Button. Using special effect
SAME LIKE BASIC
BUTTON/ SPECIAL EFFECT/ BUTTONIZE/ VRT=
60/ HORIZ=60.
NO RED BORDER
3. Your name.
FILE/ NEW/ 300 X 200/
BG=WHITE
TEXT/ ANTIALIAS checked/ FLOAT checked/ FOREG=BLUE
FONT FACE=ARIAL BLACK/ SIZE=72
4.Your name. Texture
FILE/NEW/
300 X 200/ BG=TRANSPARENT
TEXT/ ANTIALIAS checked/ FLOAT unchecked
FONT FACE=ARIAL BLACK/ SIZE=72
FLOOD FILL/ PATTERN/ FILL/ DROP SHADOW
5. Image compression
%=0/ File Size=14KB %=10/ File Size=6KB
%=20/ FileSize=4KB
%=30/ File Size= 3KB
%=40/ File Size= 3KB %=50/ File Size= 2KB
%=60/ File Size= 2KB %=90/
File Size=883 bytes
I choose 20% compression/ File Size 4KB
6. Transparent background
COLORS/ SET
COLOR TRANSPARENCY/
SET THE TRANSPARENCY TO CURRENT BACKG. COLOR
7. Reduce the colors
256 COLORS
101 COLORS
16 COLORS
8. Montage using Mask Layer
"Cielo" Background
"Mujer"
"El Angel Exterminador"
"Montage"
"CIELO"/ "MUJER" paste as
new layer/ "EL ANGEL EXT."
paste as new layer/
Set FOREG=BLACK/ BG= WHITE
MASK/ NEW/ SHOW ALL/ MASK/ EDIT
BRUSH/ PAINT/ MASK/ DELETE/
LAYERS/ MERGE/ MERGE ALL FLATTEN
SAVE AS/ JPG/ Compression= 10%/ Size=22KB
9. Turn a color image into B/W. Leave one item with color.
FILE/
OPEN/ IMAGE
LASSO/ POINT TO POINT/ COPY/ EDIT/ PASTE AS A NEW IMAGE
SELECT/ ORIGINAL IMAGE/ COLORS/ COLORIZE/ HUE= 0/
SATURATION= 0
SELECT/ New Image/ COPY/ SELECT/ Original Image/ PASTE/ AS A NEW
LAYER/ MOVE THE IMAGE MATCHING THE EXISTING ONE/
LAYER/MERGE/ MERGE ALL (FLATTEN)/ SAVE AS/ JPG
NOTE: If you like you can go to my web pages TallerSur. All the graphics were created with PSP.5.