Just Play'in - (BeetleBosses PSP Learning thread)

Sorry Cindy, because I'm used to it, I simply forgot some steps.
Habit I guess.

Here's the requested lesson with the numbers and arrows :

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2585/pspapplyingamask2fw.th.jpg​

I hope it's clear enough now.

Kids bedtime, so till later.

 

Eric!! Your the best!!

Heres my try after the 11th step. How do I get rid of the checkerboard squares?? Not quite sure if I understand the second picture thing........but, I'll give it another try.

HEY, the checkerboard things aren't there now!! Howd I do that??http://www.foroedonkey.com/vb/images/smilies/pensando.gif

 

My pleasure Cindy.

Best to present it in a step-by-step picture tutorial, so I won't forget any steps.
What do you mean by the second picture thing?
You mean that blue background (checkerboard),
it's the same as promoting a Layer to a Background Layer = not merged yet.
When merged, this background will be gone and replaced by a white background.

BTW In this state you can export the picture as a Picture Tube.
A lesson for later on.

Very nice patriotic cat.

 

Hey Eric,

Ya kind of lost me here.......

it's the same as promoting a Layer to a Background Layer = not merged yet.
When merged, this background will be gone and replaced by a white background.

I don't really know what you mean........maybe I just need to reread it and think on it for awhile.

And I'm not quite sure what to do at step 11.
Let me play with it for a few days.....lol.......I'll probably figure it out.

Thanks a bunch http://img118.exs.cx/img118/1691/hug8ok.gif

 

All that technical talk is going to confuse you more , so don't worry about this. That's really a lesson for later.

Let me take look at my lesson ...
Oh yes, when you've applied step 10, perform the following:
1. Go to Selections > Select All
2. Go to Selections > Select Float
The marching ants will be around your mask now.

Same as with text, you can apply filters, effects, ...

When done I copied this selection (Edit > Copy)
Opened another image and pasted it in as a New Layer.

That should give you an idea of what I did.

 

~Just do'in some homework~http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

Hey Eric, I think I did it!!

I used the swirly layer thing.......then, I tried to do the select all> then 'float' and tried to fill in where some of the ants where but, that didn't work right...(they wheren't around the swirls very good). So, I think, you can probably tell, but, I copied the fireworks picture....

and I opened a new thing.... made a backround look with the blue/red......then, I pasted the fireworks onto the blue/red. Tried doing some effects to create a frame.....but, couldn't get that to work....(I've kinda messed up my settings on my inner bevel...can't get it set right so that its back to like an original look...LOL......ohhhhh shadowmode should fix it tho....eventually

So, basically, the only thing I was able to do was crop it........maybe that was the computer saying "Stop!! You've done enough to that one!!" LOL

 

here's another one.....

ok.......I think, this is what I did...

first the butterfly/name is a tag Rita gave me...so didn't make that

I added a layer mask thing to it....one of the fuzzy ones.
then, I added the red/black squarish backround
then, copy/pasted the butterflies on the red/black backround
then, made a blue backround.addded a bubbley layer mask to it
then, copy/pasted the new butterfly pic onto the blue backround
then, added the masic glass effect
then, geometric circle
and Waaa Laaa

1 busy picture!! LOL

kinda looks like a pillow, huh?? Think, I'll take a nap on ithttp://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

 

Love the firework picture, you did great Cindy.
You tried to fill inside the mask? Better not do that, because a mask when applied leaves empty spaces.
Not easy to fill that in.

Where did you try to make a frame? Was it on the mask when the marching ants were still around it?
I do hope Shadowmode can restore your basic settings for the inner bevel.

Shouldn't be happening, but maybe your PSP has a mind of its own.

Looks a really nice pillow to take a nap on.
You sure applied enough effects, but you're getting the hang of it.

BTW It would be great to eventually make that pillow.

 

No, (how do I explain it)I opened up a brand "New" picture making thing. Went to File.......and then "New". I just made like the red and blue backround for the picture. Get it?

Takes me a few tries to figure out how to get the orginal picture onto the backround...but, if I click on enough things it usually minds

Is there another way I should be filling in the blank parts of the picture after I use a layer?
Sometimes, it looks like I lose so much of a picture?

I've kinda figured out that the checkered parts are like the blank parts.

 

Got it.
What if you make your new picture with your background and afterwards you go to Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flatten)?

That should work when you try to apply a frame now.
Return to your mask and copy.
Make a rectangular selection (or another) inside your frame and go to
Edit > Paste > Paste into Selection.

With a mask you lose a lot of your picture, it all depends on which mask you want to use.

I don't know of another way to fill in the blank parts, but you can apply another Layer.

When you got the marching ants around your mask, add a new raster Layer and fill it in with the color of your choice.
Go to your Layer Palette and play with the Opacity and/or the Blend Mode.
Afterwards merge your picture with the marching ants still active.

Copy the selection and paste it as a new picture or paste it into a Selection.

Maybe I'm talking Chinese here , so I'll try to get it into a tutorial when I get some time off.
Had to do a lot of laundry today.

Yes, it's a background which isn't merged yet.

 

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/1231/z7shysterical.gif....http://img116.exs.cx/img116/1231/z7shysterical.gif....http://img116.exs.cx/img116/1231/z7shysterical.gif

Eric!
I think, your starting to understand me!!
http://forums.subratam.org/html/emoticons/blink.gif

Hummmmmm........well, let's see exactly how much I get! ​

 

OK...I'm work'in on it.....but, I got a quick question for ya~

When I'm wanting to change the color in my little color box......how come this color palette thing comes up sometimes? Instead of the other one...http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif.....you know, where I can chose a texture and stuff?

Just wondering http://www.foroedonkey.com/vb/images/smilies/pensando.gif

OK...back to work http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

 

this is the other color thing I was talking about

 

OK......tried this.......kinda had to keep arguing with it
~ if ya know what I mean http://bestsmileys.com/computer1/24.gif~

but, I think, I did this........in a round about wayhttp://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

 

<With a mask you lose a lot of your picture, it all depends on which mask you want to use.

I don't know of another way to fill in the blank parts, but you can apply another Layer.

When you got the marching ants around your mask, add a new raster Layer and fill it in with the color of your choice.
Go to your Layer Palette and play with the Opacity and/or the Blend Mode.
Afterwards merge your picture with the marching ants still active.

Copy the selection and paste it as a new picture or paste it into a Selection.>

Nope!
Not understanding your Chinese
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Not quite sure what the Raster Layer is suppose to do http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif


But, I found it!! http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

 

It happened to me too and I think it has something to do with being a GIF or an image with not enough Color Depth.
Just not sure about this.

You sure did it, that a nice err... pillow.

 

Glad you found it.

A bit difficult to explain all the Layers you can apply.
You can always look it up the difference inside PSP > Help > Help Topics.
Go to the tab Search and insert 'Types of Layers'.
Scroll down and select Types of Layers.
Enough to read to make your head spin.

Lets just say a Layer is like a piece of paper.
You write something down on the first paper and you add another
paper to apply an image.
Combine these two papers into one and you'll see your writing and your image.

 

LOL! Ya lik'in the pillows!! Yep, I guess, I did it.....just don't know how http://www.foroedonkey.com/vb/images/smilies/pensando.gif

Good explaination of the layers......I get it! http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

So, the different names just do different effects??

I'm not sure I was doing the Raster Layer right. It was never changing my picturehttp://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif

 

Not quite right.
It all depends on what you want to do to your picture.
In this picture we wanted to add color, so choosing a Raster Layer is correct. If we only wanted to add a Shape/Text, choosing a Vector Layer would be better.

Not going to deep into detail here.

No, adding a Raster Layer doesn't change your picture.
When you added this Raster Layer a window popped up and after you pressed OK, this Raster Layer was added to your picture and Layer palette. This Raster layer was now active.

You can add color to this Raster layer without changing the underlying picture.
Applying the Opacity/Blend Mode lets you see this underlying picture.
That's the beauty of this Layer.

For example: you asked me if we could change the color of a tube, yes?
Well, create a new picture.
Add a Raster layer and name it Tube and then insert a tube
Go to Selections > Select All
Go to Selections > Float
Add again a Raster layer and name it Color and paste it Red for instance.
Apply the Opacity/Blend Mode

Now go to Layers > Merge > Merge all (Flatten)

The marching ants are still around your tube and now you can copy
that selection and use it into another image with the color you applied
to that tube.

 

oooooooooooooooook...http://img117.exs.cx/img117/5601/n1qshok.gif .
...let me think on allllllllll that.......reread it a few more times....http://forum.overnet.com/images/smiles/eusa_think.gif

......and give it a try a little later.http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

I'll let you know how it goes


Thanks a bunch!!

 

Hey Eric,

Yea...I know, its an ugly picture......just wanted to show you that I was play'in around a bit with the Raster Layer and the Vector Layer......kept changing the different setting.

Tried to change the color of the yellow tube.......well, I got the color changed...but, then kinda lost the 3D effect of it.

{Shape/Text, choosing a Vector Layer would be better.}
Maybe, I'll give that shot!

 

tried the Vector layer.......see how the gray text is kinda see thro??
Is that what you ment??

 

can ya tell the text is see thro?

I might have had it too dark stillhttp://www.foroedonkey.com/vb/images/smilies/pensando.gif

 

I like this see thro text thing!! Pretty cool!

Guess, ya can't add any effects to it tho.....or like use the mesh thing or anything , huh? Kept trying but, then I'd lose the see thro effect.

Alicia gave me the idea of what to write on it.

 

Sure, a very ugly picture.
By playing with these settings you'll learn what it does.

Well, that's one I wasn't thinking of. I was more thinking about a blue ball or something else.

Yes, that's exactly what I meant by changing the Opacity/Blend mode.
Kinda cool, don't you think and it can be applied to a picture, tube (when pasted as new layer) and text.

LOL ... nice kitten.
btw I can tell it's a translucent text.

You can add effects to a certain degree, but you'll always lose some of the see through effect, because applying an effect changes the appearance.

I bet she's eager to learn how her mother creates all this.