For BooMerengue

[Weird Harold]

Just a post to attach the image to because I can't attach to a PM.

 

[BooMerengue]

Oh, thats perfect, WH!

Now... How did you do that?

*getting out my notebook...

 

[Weird Harold]

Oh, thats perfect, WH!

Now... How did you do that?

*getting out my notebook...

In Paintshop Pro, I selected the teardrop shape with the freehand selection tool (I also tried the regular selection tool with pentagon and oval shaped selections) I also set the "feather selection" to feather ten pixels either side of the selection line so it wasn't a sharp divide.

(Right click on the regular selction tool icon to get the various shapes youcan use and set the feathering.)

Then I inverted the selection and adjusted the gamma correction to 4.00 to give it the washed out effect. I also tried the a few of the various other filters and color correction options but the gamma correction trick seems to work the best.

That's just a quick and dirty method of approximating the effect you want, but I could't easily find a way to do it with IrFanview.

Now that this has gone semi-public, You'll probably get a few other suggestions on how to achive that effect with other programs, too.

 

[BooMerengue]

Oh! *blushing... I've never gone semi-public before!

lol

TY, WH... This comp has Photo Studio 2000 on it- I'll go see what I can do there...

 

[BooMerengue]

I tried and tried, but I can't do anything with it. I'll keep looking...

 

[Weird Harold]

I tried and tried, but I can't do anything with it. I'll keep looking...

From:http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel3/Products/Display&pfid=1047024307383
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There is a link there to free trials you can download and use for thirty days before you decide whether to spend the $99. I think you'll like all of the capabilities but the thirty day trial should be sufficient to get you through this project.