Halloween Ghost
This tutorial is written for Paint Shop Pro, version 8.
You don't need any outside filters, just Paint Shop Pro,
download a demo here: http://www.jasc.com.
You will also need my selections: Get the selections.
Unzip the selections to your PSP selections folder.
This is what we are going to create:
1. Create a new image 450x450 pixels.
2. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk and choose MDD_ghostbody
3. Floodfill with #E7E6EC
4. Do not deselect! Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise
and enter 5% Noise, check Gaussian and Monochrome
5. Do not deselect! Layers/New Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with these settings:
6. Selections/Select None.
The following two steps are optional :)
** Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Brightness/Contrast
with these settings:
** On your LayerPalette - lower the opacity
on this layer to about 60.
7. Layers/New Raster Layer.
8. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk choose MDD_ghost1
9. Floodfill with #E7E6EC, please note that you might need
to click several times to make sure that all selections are
filled with the colour.
10. Do not deselect! Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise
and enter 5% Noise, check Gaussian and Monochrome,
11. Do not deselect! Layers/New Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with these settings:
12. Selections/Select None.
13. Layers/New Raster Layer.
14. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk choose MDD_ghost2
15. Floodfill with #C6C4D1, please note that you might need
to click several times to make sure that all selections are
filled with the colour.
16. Do not deselect! Adjust/Add/Remove Noise/Add Noise
and enter 5% Noise, check Gaussian and Monochrome.
17. Selections/Select None and then Layers/New Raster Layer.
18. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk choose MDD_eye
19. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with these settings:
20. Do not deselect! Continue on the same layer -
choose Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with these settings:
21. Selections/Select None - no new layer! now choose: Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk and choose MDD_eye2.
22. Without deselecting - Floodfill with #C0C0C0 and then choose
Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel with these settings:
23. Selections/Select None.
24. Layers/Duplicate and then Image/Mirror, now use your mover tool
to place eye number 2 into the correct position.
25. Layers/New Raster Layer.
26. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk choose MDD_nose.
27. Floodfill with #C0C0C0 and then choose
Effects/3D Effects/InnerBevel with the same settings as above.
28. Do not deselect! Layers/New Raster Layer.
Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with the same settings as above.
29. Selections/Select None and add a new raster layer (Layers/New Raster Layer)
30. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk choose MDD_mouth1.
31. Effects/3D Effects/Cutout with the same settings as above.
32. Selections/Select None. Layers/New Raster Layer.
33. Selections/Load/Save Selection/Load Selection from disk choose MDD_mouth2.
34. Floodfill with #C6C4CF.
35. Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur and enter a radius of 3.
36. Selections/Select None.
37. Layers/Merge/Merge Visible.
Now you can save your ghost as a picturetube or as a jpg/gif image.
Thank you for doing my tutorial.
If you have any questions or comments - feel free to email me.