In this video, we'll go over some
examples of applying and editing PaintShop
Pro's pre-installed masks. Before we
get started, if you're watching this
video on YouTube, you'll find a link in
the description below that will take you
to our tutorial page on Corel's Discovery
Center. Here you can also download a
written copy of this tutorial
along with sample images you can
download to try out the steps yourself.
PaintShop Pro comes with a few
pre-installed masks and the techniques
in this video make use of masks that
come from one of Corel's
free content packs. This free download
can be found by clicking the house icon.
Once inside the Welcome Book, click Get
More along the left, Creative Content
along the top, and download and install
the Creative Content Pack. I'm starting
with this image, which has a photo layer
placed above a solid, flood-filled dark
red layer. The photo layer is active so
the mask I choose will be applied to the
photo. I'm choosing Layers > Load Save Mask >
Load Mask From Disk. I'm choosing the
Edge Ripples mask and I'll use the "as is"
option to keep the mask at its original
size. The mask image is smaller than the
photo, so the mask takes up just a small
part at the top left corner. I want to
keep the outer edges of the photo as a
frame, so I'll use the Show All Mask
option. This means that all parts of the
photo outside the mask limits will show.
When I click Load, here's the result: the
mask appears in the top left corner and
the black areas of the mask block the
photo, allowing the red layer to show
through. To adjust the mask placement,
I'll make sure the mask layer is active
and I'll activate the Pick Tool. I'll
adjust the limits of the mask,
then choose Objects > Align > Center in
Canvas. Now the border is even all the
way around. Now say I want to eliminate
some parts of the mask to show more of
the photo. I can paint with white to show
these areas. I'll activate the paintbrush,
adjust the brush size with the Alt key
and my mouse, and change the color to
white. Now I can paint over what I want
to remove from the mask.
It's a little hard to see in the layers
palette, but the extra white paint now
shows on the mask image here as well. Now
say I changed my mind about keeping the
photo border. I can switch to black paint
and carefully drag the mouse around the
border. This blocks more of the photo and
the new black outline appears here as
well. Or I can undo, set a light gray for
the background fill, and use the
Selection Tool to carefully select the
areas I want to partially block. I'll
select the top border first and press
Delete to replace this selected area
with the background color.
This makes the border partially
translucent. I'll repeat for the other
three parts of the frame. And now, note
the gray border in the mask image.
Finally, if I want a softer mask I can
blur the edges a bit. With the mask layer
still active,
I'll choose Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
I have Preview on image checked and a
radius of about 6 makes for a nice soft
effect. For my second example, I'll start
with this photo of a bride placed above
two layers that are not yet painted. I'll
make the bottom layer the only display
layer and make it active. I'll choose a
solid light blue color and flood fill
the layer.
Now, I'll turn on the middle layer and
activate it. For this layer, I'll click
the foreground swatch and choose a
darker blue than what's used on the
layer below. I'll also click Texture,
click Add Texture, and choose this paper
texture. I'll adjust the scale a bit.
Textures are greyscale repeating images
that act just like masks. When I flood
fill this textured color, the black areas
of the texture image are blocked, showing
the lighter layer below. I'm now turning
on the photo layer and making it active.
I'll Load Mask From Disk again, and this
time I'll choose edge squares. The
orientation is still "as is" and this mask
will Hide All, so the entire photo will
be blocked, except in the white and gray
parts. With the mask layer active, and
using the Pick Tool, I'll move the mask
to this corner and resize it.
To make the bride fit inside her mask,
I'll activate that layer and move and
resize.
The groom will go in the top-left corner.
I want to use the same mask at the same
size, so I'll right-click on the bride's
mask group layer and duplicate it. To
switch out the photos, I'll open the
organizer, and drag the groom into one of
the layer groups below the mask. The
bride layer isn't needed in this group,
so I'll right-click and delete it. Now, I
can activate the groom's mask layer and
use the Pick Tool to move it to the
opposite corner. I'll keep the mask at
the same size. And to fit the groom to
his mask, I'll choose that layer and move
and resize it as well. The masks lend an
interesting effect where they overlap.
This brings us to the end of this
tutorial on editing masks. The next video
in this series will cover some options
for creating new masks. If you've been
watching this video on YouTube, please
follow the link in the description below,
which will take you to this tutorial
page in Corel's Discovery Center. Here
you'll find a written version of this
tutorial,
along with sample images you can
download and follow along.
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