I've been wanting to create a strip layout of this photo of Turquoise Lake and Mt. Elbert for a long time. I had seen a layout done by someone a long time ago, and just didn't want to cut and paste an actual photo this way. I learned a trip last month to create transparency around an image, and I "dreamed up" that you could use the Pre-Set shapes in PSP X2.1 to create a clipping mask. I had to get right up and come try it this morning. And AMAZINGLY my idea worked. It wasn't simple. I drew rectangles on 5 different layers and merged them. Split the RGB channels to find the darkest one - BLUE, as usual. Converted to negative image and layered it over the photo. The time that it took - about an hour - was probably just because I'm a newbie!!! I LOVE THE RESULTS - it was worth the hour!
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