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:
Finished Halloween Ghost

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:
Cutout settings

6.  Selections/Select None.

The following two steps are optional :)
**  Adjust/Brightness and Contrast/Brightness/Contrast
with these settings:
Brightness Contrast 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:
Cutout 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:
Cutout settings

20.  Do not deselect! Continue on the same layer -
choose Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with these settings:
DropShadow 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:
InnerBevel 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.