Lesson 24 - Misting, How
is it Done?
Misting is great for adding an image to a website
where you want it to blend into the background. It is also great for
making cards. There are other ways of misting but I found this was the
easiest and the one that gave me the look I wanted.
You can download a graphic to work with
here, It is a Marty
Bell image. You first must open this image in PSP. The Using the
Freehand Selection Tool (Lasso Tool) Make
sure the settings are: Selection type: Point to Point, Mode: Replace and
Feather: between 30-40. Anti-alias checked. See below
Now using the Lasso Tool you want to choose a path
around the main portion of the image, in this image it would be the vase
of roses. Once you have the path chosen and there is the marquee around
the vase of roses, Click on Selections/Invert. You will see
that marquee has moved.
Now Choose the Background Color you want, either
chose one of your own (Like White or Black
Now click on your Delete Button. You
can hit Delete a couple of times, it will make the outline tighter.
If you don't like what you did, Undo and start
again.
Thats it! It is really that simple.
Here is mine! Good Luck!
