Laureen used the Triple Chisel Frame effect to place an eye-catching frame around a photo. This lesson involves are variety of skills: modifying and contracting selections and applying different effects like gradients and cutouts.
Laureen practiced creating a Picture Tube out of Christmas clipart. She opened an image and then created a new transparent image the exact same size. Then she chose the Magic Wand tool and clicked in the background of the picture. This places the Marching Ants around the objects in the picture AND the outer rim of the image. She then chose Selections>Invert so that the Marching Ants only surround the objects in the picture. She copied the objects and then clicked the title bar of the transparent image and clicked Edit>Paste As New Selection. She positioned the objects so no part of them is cut off and clicked once with the mouse. After clicking Selections>Select None, she exported the image as a Picture Tube. The only thing she had to do in the Export Picture Tube dialog box was to give the tube a name. Then the tube was ready to use.
Laureen created a Halloween picture in PSP 7 for homework. She used a variety of Picture Tubes.
Laureen removed her aunt from the group photo and placed her in a lovely place with a sunset.
Laureen made some improvements to this photo by using the Clone Brush to straighten windblown hair.
Laureen placed her cat, Sassy into a new background of sunflowers using layers and the Eraser Tool. She erased the cat's original background to let the new background show through. A neat trick with layers!
Laureen created a fall wreath using Picture Tube leaves and other fall decorations. Each decoration was placed on a separate layer so that if changes are made to a particular item, the layer can be deleted and a new layer can be added. It is a good idea to always name your layers.
Laureen created an animation using beveled text. She then colorized the letters to achieve this effect:
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