

Leave the default options as they are and click Load. Remember black = block! The white areas will allow the image to show through, producing the equivalent of a flower-shaped window. The black areas of the mask will end up covering the image. In this example we will choose the flower mask.

Click on the dropdown menu arrow to see the library of available masks. Go to Layers > Load/Save Mask > Load Mask From Disk. Open an image in the PaintShop Pro Edit workspace. Let’s look at a few examples of masks and the different ways they can be used. Scroll down to find the Creative Content Pack and download. To get more masks, open the Welcome Book, select Get More in the left menu and then click on the Creative Content tab.
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And you can download more free masks from the Welcome Book. PaintShop Pro comes with several masks installed. The bits that are masked are like the wall – whatever is behind the window can’t be seen through the wall. The areas not being masked are the parts of the photo that show through, like a window lets light show through a wall.

Or you can also think of masks like windows. The photo is the paint, and the tape applied on the wall prevents those areas from being painted with the photo. One way to think of a mask is with the analogy of painter’s tape on a blank wall. Masks can seem like a confusing or overwhelming topic, but once you go through a few examples, you’ll see that they’re quite easy to understand and use. Welcome to this introduction to masking in PaintShop Pro.
