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Mystic Brodsky
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Join date: 3 Mar 2005
Posts: 46
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03-30-2006 17:54
Iam not sure if this is wher i should post this so iam saying sorry now if iam messing up. I have paint shop pro 8 and i realy need help learning how to work with layers. I have tried so many help sights and none of thim can explain it so i can understand. I even found a sight for beginners and it started off great but thin they say ok lets play with this and see what happens. Geezzz i just want to learn how to take 2 pics and combind thim as 1. Can anyone please help me with a step by step. It would be so great if some one could im me in yahoo and help me just once PLEASE.
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Jonquille Noir
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Join date: 17 Jan 2004
Posts: 4,025
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03-30-2006 18:20
Hi Mystic. I'd recommend checking out the Design and Textures forum here on this site. I don't use Paint Shop Pro, but quite a few SLers do so someone in that forum should be able to help you. There may be tutorials posted already.
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Allana Dion
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jul 2005
Posts: 1,230
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03-30-2006 18:26
Ok practice this.... find a very simple picture of something, like a daisy or something. Open it up in PSP, use your magic wand tool to outline the image.
Go to "Selections" then "invert" to make the outline arrange itself around just the daisy.
Go to "Edit" then "copy".
Next Go to "File" then "new".
A window will pop where you can select the type of new page you want.
Choose "Rastar image" then make sure the box labeled "transparent" is checked and hit ok.
You should see a new window pop up that looks like a gray and white checkerboard.
Then go back to "Edit" and then "paste".
You should see your daisy cutout appear on the checkerboard.
Next.. Go to "layers" and choose "new mask layer" then "from image"
Next go to layers and choose "save mask layer to alpha"
Finally, go to File and save it with a name.
To be able to download an image into SL you will want to save it as a Targa .tga file.
Just play around with this and when it works then you can really dig into the program and start playing with all the tools and just see what you come up with.... but this is a first step to understanding the layers... hopefully.
Unfortunately I've only just started learning myself so if there is anyone out there who can explain it more thoroughly go for it.
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