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Virtual Cabochons

Step 1 Brazil Agate Slab

This Slab is far to valuable, beautiful and unusual to cut, therefore the reason I developed this method of making virtual Cabochons

Virtual Cabochons by Art Worley

The art of making a cabochon an still having your slab.

Step 1.    First import your picture into your publishing program.

Step 2.    Draw an ellipse over the part that you want to be your cabochon, making the   

               ellipse fairly wide.

Step 3.    Lock the ellipse and picture together.

Step 4.    Copy the picture and ellipse to your graphics program.

Step 5.    Draw a mask through the middle of your ellipse.

Step 6.    Invert the mask.

Step 7.    Paint the outside of the picture the same color as your ellipse.

Step 8     Remove the mask

Step 9.    Copy the picture back into your publishing program.

Step 10.  Crop the outside of your picture close to the edge of your cabochon.

Step 11.  Go back to your original picture and unlock the ellipse and picture.

Step 12.  Delete the ellipse now you have your original picture back, plus the picture

               of your cabochon.     

Thus having your original slab and a picture of your cabochon and your slab.

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