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Faded
Background
This
is a tip for creating a faded effect on an image -
it should be possible in any version of Paint Shop
Pro (PSP), but the screen shots used here are from
PSP 8.
If
you want to use my rose tube, you can download it HERE
(tube is in PSP 8 format). Just save it directly
to your tubes folder (no need to unzip it first)
| Create
a New Image 350 x 350, Raster, White
Background
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| Layers
menu, New Raster Layer
Click
on the Tube tool and select he tube you want
to use.
Click
on the canvas to place the tube where you
want it.
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| Now
we need to make sure your Layers Pallet is
visible...If you can't see it, goto the View
menu, Pallets and make sure it is on (or
toggle it on/off a few times so you can see
where it is hiding).
It
should look something like this:
Or,
it may be switched on but minimized like
this:
In
which case you need to click on the 2
overlapping boxes that you can see in that
row of 3 small button at the right hand end
of the bar.
You
need to be able to see the fill width of the
area with 100 on it - there should be an
hour glass shaped pointer visible at the far
end. If the Pallet is not wide
enough, drag its left hand edge over
(further to the left) to make it wide
enough.
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| Now,
to fade your tube into the white background,
just slide the Opacity, with the slider in
that area where the 100 is along until it
says about 20 instead of 100.
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| How
much you decrease the opacity to is up to
you - my tube is fairly pale to start with,
so much less than 20 and it would be too
faint to see, but you will need to
experiment with what works best for
different tubes.
Finally
- merge the layers (Layers menu, Merge,
Merge All (Flatten) and then use your
background in whatever way you want. |
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