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PAINT SHOP PRO: YET ANOTHER MASK IN PSP
I'm here with one more method of using a mask in PSP! You can see the other tutorials HERE and HERE
For this tutorial here is a page almost finished, but I want to add a paint streak underneath the photograph, and I can use a mask for this. Open the chosen mask, and copy and paste it into the page layout underneath the photograph. I am using an On The Edge Masks by shelleyrae, available HERE at SBB. With this messy paint look the mask is great for pulling and stretching into position, without looking warped.
In the Layer Palette lock the mask layer transparency, using the lock symbol.
Choose a contrast colour or paper to use as the streak underneath the photograph and copy it. Click the mask layer and use Edit>Paste As New Selection (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+e). The paper will appear in the image window as floating selection, and the mouse will go there too. Don't click now! If you move the mouse, the floating selection will move too, so make sure the entire mask layer is covered. Now click the mouse once, and the marching ants will appear.
On the Menu Bar use Selections>Invert (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+i) and then Selections>Select None (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+d) to clear the selection area.
Now there will be a paint streak, just as we wanted. In my example the yellow seemed a little pale, so I changed the layer Blend Mode to Multiply.
You can also use the mask to rip a hole in the paper. Copy the mask image, and select the paper layer on the page layout that you want to rip. Use Layers>New Raster Layer to have a blank layer above the chosen paper.
Use Edit>Paste As New Selection (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+e), to paste the mask into this blank layer. Click on the chosen paper layer and use Edit>Clear (keyboard shortcut Del), and then Selections>Select None (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+d) to clear the selection area.
Remove the mask using Layers>Delete, and the paper will now be ripped and show the background paper beneath it.
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