Hi everyone..
I'm new here.. So Please FORGIVE ME If this topic is repeated..
( I made a search but I found nothing)

My question is:
How to make maskes by using PhotoShop..


Any One Could Help??

masks? be more specific? for P800/P900 themes? series 60 themes?

For series 60 themes.. ( Nokia 6600)

Thanks On Advance..

Well, I new here too, so sorry if the following is utter rubbish ...

Does the mask file have to be a .bmp file? Or what? What ever it is, normally its just a black and white image. Black means "hidden" and white means "shown". So, when the image and its mask are overlayed, anything covered by black is omitted from the final image.

But I bet you already knew all that. You want to make a mask in Photoshop though? Well, when I do it, it goes something like this...

• Say your main picture is a filled-in circle. Put it on its own layer in Photoshop.
• Make a selection of that layer.
• Invert the selection.
• With the selection still selected, make a new layer called "MASK".
• With the new "MASK" layer selected, fill the selection with the colour Black.
• If you want, you can invert the selection again (so it's back to the normal circle shape) and the fill with White.

Now you have a new layer ("MASK") which is your mask. With only that layer showing, save the file as "mask.bmp" or whatever.

Sorry I can't give more precise instructions for making selections of the layer etc... I use a Mac, so the Windows version of Photoshop might be different.

I hope that helps! :D
MadMacZed

Thank You MadMacZed For Your help ^^
I really appreciate your kindness

I am Working now on a theme For the famous game
--METAL GEAR: SNAKE EATER--
:D

@ star ocean another more simplier way is this .

Black - is the mask and will become transperant so bg img you don't want to see should be black.

White - is the part of the img you do want to see,

thats it simple eh