To fix the bracelet, Still in the retouch tool panel, I chose the colorize Pen at size 2 and left the Trans at 0 and softedege at 50

color over the bracelet and the pendant. until it looks like an old dark golden, now using
dodge tool size 2, level 33, softedge 50,
dodge only a small spot, you know how some jewels sparkle?
just in some spots here and there, some place there is more click of the mouse or if you use a pen tablet very little dab at the same place more or less.
*see fig:12


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Well I think I'm starting to like her, been a couple of hours since I looked at her, sometimes you have to get away from your drawing or painting to come back later and look at it with new refreshed eyes.

The next step,is to remove her from the white canvas,
choose magic wand, the + sign selected, the line selected, similarity at 32 and the search connected pixels checked.
This is the setting I used. Click on the white area on the canvas. I tried a few time times to find a setting that was close enough to the drawing leaving the white from outside out. I had to click on a few places that is why I had the + sign selected.
* see fig:13


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Nowgo to Selection click on Expand/Shrink and select the expand size 1 and click ok.
Under selection again and click on invert.
*see fig:14

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Now copy and paste your selction into a new image.
* see fig 15


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Under Object deselect all objects and click on the fill tool, choose the color black and click on the canvas.
*see fig: 16

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Now lets expand the canvas, go toFormat, click on Expand Canvas, select expand sides equally and change your color expand to black,
Expand by 30, click ok.

Now lets select the little girl again, we are going to get rid of the white around her, to fit on any background of color we want. This is why we chose a black canvas.
Choose the smudge tool,
size 5 level no more than 8-10
and smudge from inside to outside just putting your brush on the line before the white and work your way all around the edge.
*see fig:17

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I saw that I had to fix some parts in the flower bouquet, I selected
eraser tool shape round, size 6
transparency 0 softedge 50.
and erase some parts around the ribbon that shouldn't be there.
*see fig:18


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Once you are satisfiedwith your painting
Click on View/Base image, this will close the eye and hide the base image so you have a transparent canvas
.
Now you may want to resize her down a bit,Chances are you would never use her in a painting that big, and she will look a lot better when resized downHence the reason for painting or drawing large and resizing.

* see fig 19,


 


------------Fig 19-------------

Now save her as a UFO or a transparent gif. Your choice depending on what you want to do with her. But I prefer for my own use to save her as a ufo since I'm going to use her in a painting.
*see fig 20

Now she is ready to use and you can see the 2 full size examples of the little girl in different settings below

Norma-Acadie
Sparrow

  
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
and if you have any questions don't hesitate to email
Acadie or Sparrow
murphy.norma@vl.videotron.ca
sparrow8@cogeco.ca