Making Masks in PhotoImpact 5.0

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masks set 1 (18 kb)
Click here to download the masks set.
In this tutorial we will learn to add masks to our mask library.
For this tutorial, you will need to download this set of six masks in jpg format.
 
To turn these masks in jpg format to masks we can use, we will need to first open the jpg in Photo Impact. 

So click on the opening folder icon and browse to the folder in which you saved the jpgs after unzipping them.

For this, we'll use the one shaped roughly like a peanut.  I've called it peanut.gif.

We'll store the image as a mask in our easy pallette so we can use it for other projects later.
 

 If the mask is not a jpg, but a gif, click the number 16 all the way at the bottom in the right hand corner.  There are 4 icons down there. 
a mask, a ruler, color information, and system information. If the mask is a jpg, you will instead see a color bar of blue yellow and red. Whichever format it is in, it will need to be converted to greyscale in order for Pi to use it.
A list will pop up.  Click grayscale (8 bit).
Right click on the mask.  Click on All 
Right click again.  click on convert to object.
Open your easy palette if it is not already open.
In your easy palette, open the mask library. 
If your title bar has (read only) at the end, right click on the words mask library in the tree view. 
Unclick read only.
dialog box  Right click on one of the thumbnails, (small pictures of the masks) and click on store image as selection.
Drag the mask which you converted to an object on top of one of the thumbnails in the easy palette. Be sure to drag the image, not the window. A window will open, allowing you to name your mask.  Congratulations!  You're done! 

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©Deb DeHaven