First let me say, the effect is far from perfected, but at least its a start. I encourage everyone to experiment with different textures and masks to suit yourself. At first, I started tinkering with Bernhard Stockmann's "Turning People to Stone" tutorial and just wasn't getting to the place I wanted to be with this effect, although [...]
Pirate map Click image to enlarge Wanted Posters Step 1: Open a new transparent drawing (I used 640 x 640 px with 300 dpi). With the Rectangle Select tool, create the size of paper or map that you want to use and center it on your transparent image. Fill the selection with white, using the [...]
While checking out GimpUsers.com, I ran across Bernhard Stockmann's "Perfect High Pass Masking tutorial". On first note, this is a handy tutorial, but it's seriously outdated, no offense to Bernhard. The following steps are my approach to this tutorial, that simplifies Bernhard's. First step, let's grab the picture being used for the original tutorial (Angelina [...]
I’ve been using Paint Shop Pro since 1996, and throughout all these years I’ve never really quite understood the benefit of masks. In the latest versions of Paint Shop Pro they have updated the function to layer masks and added a more powerful function called adjustment layers. In principle, I understand what the masks or [...]