The lesson

• Open a new image 640x480 px transparant
• Floodfill with white
  
• Layer , new rasterlayer
• Floodfill with #a7a6a4 ( gray )
• Layers – load mask from disk. Settings:

• On your layerpalette – merge – merge group
• Opacity of this layer = 61%
  
• New rasterlayer , rename this layer “blinds” and floodfill with white
• Effects - Texture effects - blinds

• Layerpalette - opacity 46%
  
• Open tube Mtm Lady 86 edit – copy
• Paste as a new layer on your working area
• With the move tool, move to the right on the bottom
• Layers , load mask from disk and choose sidefade-mask , invert checked
• Layers merge - merge group
  
• Activate the layer “Blinds”
• With the free selection tool

s elect the area around the woman (the selected area will become bigger) and push delete .

• Activate your top layer
• Activate the misted tube Eyes
• Edit – copy – paste as a new layer on your working area
• Move to the top on the right
• Layerpalette - opacity 20% - blendmode : Luminance (H)
  
• Activate the file " stairs " ( this is an image on which the mask 2020 was applied )
• Edit – copy –
• Edit - paste as a new layer on your working area
• layerpalette - blendmode soft light
• Layers – merge - merge all
• Effects - filter Xero Softmood custom settings
  
• Image add borders 1 px black, symm .
• Layer new text layer
• With the texttool , choose the font LimeGloryCaps
  backgroundcolor = black, floating
• Write your text using Caps Lock
• Effects - 3D effects - dropshadow horz / vert 0,opacity 100, blur 25, color black
• Deselect
  
• Save as a JPG
• This lesson was written by Ann following her own imagination
  
  Copyright© - 6 november 2005