Round Ornate Mask


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For this tutorial you will need an image, the round
ornate mask image, and Filter Factory A .
You can use my image or one of your choice.
Right click and choose save picture as and save to
your hard drive.
 

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 This is the mask image we will be using.

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  Okay, let's get started. Open up your image you
will be using and the mask image. Click on your
image and choose Masks/New/From Image and choose
the mask image.

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Now choose Masks/Delete and answer yes when
asked if you want this mask merged into the current
layer. Next choose Layers/New Raster Layer, then
Layers/Arrange/Send to Bottom. Now click on the
bottom layer. Using the bucket tool with the following
settings, flood fill using a contrasting color from your
image. I used color #95806B. If you are working with
your own image, use the color picker and choose a
contrasting color from your image for your borders.

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This is what your image will look like.

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Now choose Effects/Textures/Blinds and use the
following settings.

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Now click on your mask layer and choose
Effects/3D/Drop Shadow and apply a drop
shadow with the following settings.

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Next apply another drop shadow, same settings as
before, except Vertical and Horizontal -1. Now
choose Layer/Merge/Merge All.

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Next choose Image/Add Border and add a border
of 3 pixels. I used color #AF9F8F. Next using the magic wand,
tolerance 0, feather 0, match mode RGB, select the border.
Now Click on Effects/Plug-In Filters/Filter Factory A/Pool Shadow
and apply a pool shadow to the border using the following
settings. Selections/Invert.

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Next choose Effects/3D Effects/Cutout and apply a cutout
effect with the following settings. Now add another cutout
effect, same settings before, but vertical and horizontal -3.
Selections/Select None.

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Now choose Image/Add Borders and add a border of
15 pixels. I used color #95806B. Next using the magic
wand, tolerance 0, feather 0, Match Mode RGB, select
the border. Now choose Effects/Textures/Blinds and use
the same settings as before.

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Selections/ Select All. Now choose Effects/3D/Cutout
and apply a 2 cutout effects using the same settings as
before. Selections/Select None. Now choose
Image/Add Borders and add a border of 3 pixels.
I used color ##AF9F8F. Using the magic wand, select the border
and choose Effects/Plug-in Filters/Filter Factory A/Pool Shadow
and Use the same settings as before. Finally choose Effects/
3D Effects/Filter Factory A/Spotlight and apply a spotlight
using the following settings.

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