The
first thing you want to do is to open a new image.
You want
to make this larger than the Image 1.
I made
mine 400 x 400.
Now go
to your Image 1 and select a lighter color for your foreground and a darker
color for your background.
Flood fill
your new image with your foreground color (the lighter color).
Add a new
layer. Go to your layer palette and click the part I have highlighted.
A new window
will pop up. You can name this one Texture.
Floodfill
the Texture layer with the background color (the darker color).
With the
Texture layer still active we are going to apply the mask.
Go to the
top tool bar click Masks, New, From Image.
A window
is going to pop up with some selections you need select.
Use the
setting I have selected, if you are using the leaf mask.
If you
are using another mask, then select that name in the drop down list.
Once your
mask is applied it should look something like this.
Go back
up to Masks in the top tool bar and click Delete.
A new window
will pop up click yes.
With your
magic wand click inside the leaf.
you should
now have marching ants around the leaf.
Now I had
to go in and expand my selection by 2 because I had some pixels
that were
being left out.
To do this,
go up to Selections, Modify, Expand.
A new window
will pop up. Expand it by 2, if needed.
This is
where we are going to be applying a cutout.
The setting
are as follows.
Filled
interior with color=unchecked,
Interior
Color=Doesn't matter cuz we aren't using it.
Shadow
Color=Black,
Opacity=95,
Blur=25,
Vertical
and Horizontal=10.
Click okay.
Should
look something like this.
Now that
the cutout has been applied we can work on the texture for that dark color.
Taste vary
here, so you can apply whatever texture you would like.
I am going
to use Blade Pro, with the Mars preset.
With your
magic wand, select the dark color of the Texture layer.
Add your
texture. This is how mine came out.
Now make
the Image 1 active. In this case Image 1 is
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