How to make a .msk from a tube

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The  Download  file contains the following file...

butterf.tub

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Download and unzip to any file. Open PSP, open the tube butterf, export it by going to FILE>EXPORT>PICTURE TUBE, when the box comes up where it says Name: click there and type in a name and click ok. Go to FILE>NEW with these settings...

Width: 200

Height: 200

Transparent background

Click the tube tool , if your control palette isn't up bring it up by clicking the Toggle Control Palette button and select the butterfly tube you just exported, set the Scale to 217% now place a butterfly in the center of your pic. If your Layer Palette isn't up bring it up by clicking the Toggle Layer Palette button , now click the Add New Layer button , when the dialog box comes up just click ok. Now your Layer Palette should read from top to bottom Layer2, Layer1. Click on Layer1, click the selection tool and draw a rectangle around the butterfly, single click inside the rectangle. On the Layer Palette click Layer2. Select white as your foreground color (top box) and click the flood fill tool , now flood fill the butterfly. I did have to click the air brush and air brush the antennas. Let's select none by holding down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and hitting the D or by going to SELECTIONS>SELECT NONE. Make sure Layer2 is selected on your Layer Palette, now set the Layer Blend Mode to color like this...

Now go to LAYERS>MERGE>MERGE VISIBLE. Now select Black as your foreground color (top box). Click the flood fill tool again and flood fill the transparent background black. Ok there's a couple of holes in the antennas and I'm going to select White as my foreground color and click the paint brush and just put one dot in to fill the holes. Now we want to make the pic bigger so let's go to IMAGE>RESIZE and use these settings...

Pixel Size

Width: 400

Height: 400

Click ok. Now go to MASKS>NEW>FROM IMAGE and use these settings...

Source Window: This Window

Create Mask From: Source luminance

Check....Invert Mask Data

Click ok. Now we just need to save it as a .msk by going to MASKS>SAVE TO DISKS when the dialog box comes up where it says Save in: it should already have your PSP>Masks folder selected so all I have to do is hit the backspace key on my keyboard and type in a name, I'm naming mine butterfly and then just click Save. Now you can close out the butterfly pic and when the box comes up about saving it just click no. That's it. We just made a mask from a tube. Here's what it looks like on a pic...

Well maybe the butterfly wasn't the greatest of examples but it gives you the basic idea any way. LOL

If you have any questions please just ask...