I will only continue if I get some positive feedback from people, though, so send me some e-mail and let me know what you'd like to see here. This tutorial will show you how to use a layer mask in Photoshop. I used Photoshop 3.04 for Windows. Some things may be done differently with other versions.
Layer masks are fairly easy to use, but a little mysterious.
They can, however, produce some pretty spectacular results and are worth playing around with. Layers were not available in versions prior to 3.0. The drawing will be created from the photo using the Gallery Effects plug-ins. Let's get started. Open a graphic file, I used a photo of a model I worked with a couple of years ago.