Gingerbread Girl Selection Tutorial

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  1. Load the apron2 selection FF black, cont 2, FF #9.  Select none. Load the apron3 selection FF black, cont 2, FF #4.   Select none. Load the hearts selection FF black, cont 2, FF #9.  Select none.   This is what you should have so far:
 example 2    
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  1. Click on the sleeves layer to activate it then add a new raster layer (refer to image below)   Load the dress_sleeves selection FF black, cont 2, FF #7.  Change foreground color to #8, add color around detail using same settings as before.   Select none.
 example 3   palette 3    
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  1. Turn visability off to the "background" and "feet and hands" layers and merge visible.   Then turn visability back on.
palette 4     palette 5
  1. Click on the "feet and hands" layer to activate it.  Load the skirt selection FF black, cont 2, FF #7.   Change foreground color to #8 and paint some shadows with the airbrush, same settings as before.  Select none.   Now merge the "merged" layer down. palette 6
  2. Add a new raster layer called "head".   Load the head selection FF black, cont 2, FF #1.   While still selected add a new raster layer.   Change foreground color to #3, get the airbrush size 47 and paint as shown below.   Then give it a gaussian blur radius 9.90.   Select none and merge layer down onto the head layer.
Example 4    palette 7

palette 8
  1. Load the mouth selection FF black.   Select none.
  2. Load the eyes selection FF black, cont 2, FF white.  Select none.
  3. Load the pupils selection FF black. Load the whites selection FF white.   Select none.
  4. Load the headtrim selection FF black, cont 1 FF #6.   Change foreground color to #4 get airbrush size 36, density 22 and add a few shots of color.   Select none.
  5. Load headbow1 selection FF black, cont 2, FF #9.   Repeat for headbow2 selection.   Load headbow3 FF black, cont 2, FF #4.   Select none.
  6. Load the nose selection FF black, cont 2, FF #7.   While still selected add a new raster layer.   Change the foreground color to #4 and get the airbrush tool size 6 density 100 and add a dot in the center of the nose.   Give it a gaussian blur radius 2. Select none and merge this layer down.   nose
  7. Add a new raster layer.   Load the bow1 selection FF black, cont 2, FF #4.   Repeat for the bow2 selection.   Load the bow3 selection FF black, cont 2, FF #7.   Repeat for the bow4 selection.   Select none.

And your finished!   Now there is just one thing left to do...either make a tube or merge all layers and save.

TO MAKE THE TUBE turn visibilty off to the background layer (red x on the eye) go to layers->merge->merge visible.   Left click and drag the merged layer out onto your workspace.   Then go to File->export->picture tube, give it a name and click ok.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow.   If you have any comments or questions please feel free to .