A vase using a mask


Right click on the graphic above and save to your hard drive
Open the graphic in PSP
and save as mask.


Right click on the graphic above and save to your hard drive
Open the graphic in PSP

Open a new canvas width 350 height 450 background transparent.
Go to Layers|New Raster Layer and click OK
Now go to Mask|Load From Disk and locate the vase2.msk

You won't see any changes yet. Next go to colors and hold left mouse button down until the flyout appears and slide the cursor down to the 9 dot square. Click on the bar and find (one of the first images) the floral graphic. Be sure your transparent graphic is highlighted and flood fill with the floral.

Go to MASKS|INVERT and then MASKS|DELETE and click OK

Go to Layers Palette and highlight layer 1
Flood fill with black.
Image should now look like this:

Now go to LAYERS|MERGE
Go back to the Layers Palette, right click on "Background"
and Promote to Layer

Click on Magic Wand. Click on black.
Hold down the shift key and click on any black section
that does not have the "marching ants"
On the keyboard, press the Delete key.

Resize to suit your needs> (I resized 50%) Your vase is now ready to use.

I put it on a background and with Eye Candy, added a Perspective drop shadow.

(Images reduced in size)