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Psp9 Basic av making by SpH Staff

Solution 1. Under FILE at the top on the left side select that then OPEN and select the picture you want for your av.

2. On the left side tool bar select the 5th tool down that looks like a dotted rectangle, crop your picture
fairly close around your av you want to use.

3. Under IMAGE find IMAGE INFORMATION that will tell you the size of your selection.. remember that size
Click on your av picture to make it active. Under EDIT select COPY

4. Under FILE select NEW. In the box that pops up increase your size to LARGER then the size of your av picture.
At the bottom check TRANSPARENT other things will remain the same. Click OK

5. Under EDIT select PASTE then AS NEW LAYER. Use your crop tool to make a square a little ways away from the edge of your av in the picture.
When your mouse is released you will see the dotted lines. Under IMAGE select CROP TO SELECTION.
The crop tool has other selections to it you can see those by using the drop down menu on the tool.

6. Select the LASSO or its called the FREEHAND SELECTION. Your settings at the top should be.. SELECTION TYPE .. point to point, MODE add, FEATHER 1, SMOOTHING 2.

7. Under VIEW you can increase the size of the picture to as large as you need to to see the edge pixels clearly.

8. Start off on the side of the picture on the transparent area, click in SMALL sections to barely inside the edge of the av area following the curves of the outside areas of the av and continue on around.
You can choose to do in small or large segments, whatever you are comfortable with.
Then to stop and join move the pointer to the outside of the area onto the transparent backround and BACK TO THE BEGINING STARTING POINT. NOTE: This is VERY IMPORTNT to come close to the starting point before joining.
Right click to join. Then hit the delete key to erase all within that dotted area.
 
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Article ID: 371
Category: Tutorials - Picture/Images
Date added: 02-17-2015 06:55:10
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