danmassefrance Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Hello !I am not sufficiently proficient in Photoshop to know right away how to make a new mask for PTE. Does anyone know of a tutorial showing how to do it ?ThanksDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Hi DanIf you check out Lin's website, there are various tutorials on there & I think one of them relates to masks.Yachtsman1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Dan,Presumably you know how to USE the mask in PTE? .... and you are asking how to MAKE one?If you look at how a mask is created in PTE itself - a simple circle or rectangle you'll see that the important part is the WHITE bit. This lets the image behind the mask show through.Therefore a mask made in PS could be as simple as painting a bit of white onto a black background and saving as a JPEG. Also WHITE on transparent saved as a PNG will do the same thing.A landscape mask to allow a different sky to show through behind a foreground would be white on top and black or transparent below. A white (feathered) rectangle save as PNG will do the same thing because you can make it fit the area of sky in PTE's O&A by adjusting the "grab handles".DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmassefrance Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hi DanIf you check out Lin's website, there are various tutorials on there & I think one of them relates to masks.Yachtsman1.Thank you. Indeed, there seems to be various examples using homemade masks, but the download links are not functional...Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmassefrance Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Thank you dave. I will try - and come back if I have doubts...Thanks againDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hi Dan,All of my tutorial links appear to work fine, but if you visited my site it links you to the tutorials which are referenced and linked here at PTE. I don't have anything specific about "making" masks but that's a very straight-forward process using any image software editor which will allow you to "paint" over an image then create transparency png files.Here is the location on this forum where you will find everyone's tutorials - it's a sub-category under "Frequently Asked Questions::http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/forum/8-tutorials-and-articles/Best regards,LinThank you. Indeed, there seems to be various examples using homemade masks, but the download links are not functional...Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmassefrance Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Thank you Lin !That should keep me busy for a while...Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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