Corel Paint Shop Pro X: The Official Guide

by Huss, David; Davis, Lori

• ISBN13: 9780072262629
• ISBN10: 0072262621
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

This step-by-step guide shows users how to get the most out of this highly affordable professional image editing software. Corel Paint Shop Pro 10: The Official Guide covers the entire product, including the suite of art mediafeatures, professional photo editing tools, and precision graphic design capabilities. Readers will learn to restore and revive images through editing, color correction, and other techniques designed to help achieve professionalresults. Step-by-step projects help readers practice the skills necessary to master Paint Shop Pro.The only Official Guide to Paint Shop Pro 10Corel recently purchased Jasc Software, makers of Paint Shop Pro, so this is the first official CorelPRESS guide to the productThe book covers scrapbooking-currently a $2 billion market and growing at 20% annually

Author Biography

Dave Huss (Austin, TX) has been a photographer for over forty years and his work as won several international competitions. Huss is the author of 21 books on digital photo editing and digital photography that have been translated into six languages, and is a regular contributor to Photoshop User, Photoshop Elements Technique and Nikon Capture Magazine. Dave's photos can be found in several major stock photography houses as well being used by major software companies, and he is a popular conference speaker in both the US and Europe. Huss has been seen on CNN and TechTV in addition to having taught as part of the Photoshop World Dream Team.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
PART I Getting Acquainted with Paint Shop Pro X
Meet Paint Shop Pro for the First Time	3	(26)
What Computer Hardware Do I Need?	4	(1)
Should I Upgrade or Replace My Hardware?	4	(1)
Installing Paint Shop Pro X	5	(2)
Changing the File Format Associations	6	(1)
Installing the Other Programs on the CD	7	(1)
Keeping Paint Shop Pro Up to Date	7	(2)
New Features of Paint Shop Pro X	9	(3)
A New Learning Center	10	(1)
New Photo Features	10	(1)
A New User Interface	11	(1)
What's New Under the Hood	11	(1)
Paint Shop Album 6	11	(1)
Video Tutorials	12	(1)
Special Effects and Picture Tubes™	12	(1)
Tour the Paint Shop Pro X Workspace	12	(15)
Windows and Dialog Boxes	14	(1)
Toolbars	15	(3)
Taking Control of Your Palettes	18	(6)
Auto-Hiding Palettes and Toolbars	24	(2)
Menus	26	(1)
Shortcut Keys	27	(2)
Set Up Shop	29	(26)
Discover the Toolbars	30	(8)
Customizing Paint Shop Pro	38	(2)
Customizing the Toolbars	38	(1)
Customizing the Menus	39	(1)
Additional Toolbar and Menu Options	39	(1)
Creating Your Own Workspace	40	(2)
Saving Your Workspace	40	(1)
Loading a Custom Workspace	41	(1)
Preferences	42	(13)
General Program Preferences	42	(7)
File Format Preferences	49	(1)
File Format Associations	49	(1)
File Locations	50	(1)
Autosave Settings	50	(1)
Resetting Application Preferences	50	(1)
Color Management	51	(4)
Getting Pictures into Paint Shop Pro	55	(30)
Bringing Images into Your Computer	56	(2)
Where Digital Pictures Come From	56	(1)
Connecting a Digital Camera to Your Computer	57	(1)
Moving Digital Camera Pictures into the Computer	58	(14)
Downloading with Corel Photo Downloader	58	(1)
USB Settings of Your Camera	59	(1)
Moving Pictures Without Photo Downloader	60	(1)
Using the Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard (XP Only)	61	(3)
Moving Pictures Using a Card Reader	64	(3)
Transferring Pictures Using My Computer	67	(2)
Using the Browser Palette to Move Pictures	69	(2)
Customizing the Browser	71	(1)
Picture Management Suggestions	72	(1)
Using Folders to Categorize Photos	72	(1)
Naming Pictures---A Real Timesaver	72	(1)
Scanning with Paint Shop Pro	73	(7)
Scanning Basics	73	(1)
Preparing to Get the Best Scan	73	(1)
Scanning a Picture into Paint Shop Pro	74	(6)
Capturing Pictures from Your Computer Screen	80	(5)
Setting Up Screen Captures	80	(2)
Using Windows' Own Screen Capture Capability	82	(3)
PART II Photo Editing
Simple Image Editing and Printing	85	(28)
Why You Need to Correct and Enhance Photos	86	(17)
Preparing Your Photos for Sharing	86	(1)
Rotating Your Photos in Paint Shop Pro	86	(5)
Straightening a Crooked Photo	91	(3)
The Effects of Rotating a Bitmap Image	94	(1)
The Importance of Photo Composition	94	(2)
Why You Should Crop Before Doing Anything Else	96	(1)
Setting the Zoom for Viewing	96	(1)
Cropping a Photo	97	(5)
Digital Pictures Have Their Limits	102	(1)
Automatic Photo Correction	103	(3)
Applying One Step Photo Fix	103	(3)
Printing Photos	106	(7)
Sorting Out Today's Color Printers	107	(2)
Using the Media That Produces the Best Results for You	109	(2)
Set Paint Shop Pro Print Settings	111	(2)
Correcting Photographic Problems	113	(32)
Fine-Tuning Your Color	114	(2)
Color Casts and Their Causes	114	(1)
More Than Just the Blues	114	(1)
Before You Begin Any Correction	114	(2)
Using Adjustment Dialog Boxes	116	(5)
Dialog Box with a View	117	(1)
Changing How Your Preview Operates	118	(1)
The Proof Is in the Preview	119	(1)
Randomize	120	(1)
Saving Your Settings	120	(1)
Color and Tonal Correction for Raw Format Files	121	(1)
The Automatic Adjustment Tools	121	(14)
Removing Color Casts with Color Balance	121	(5)
How Color Temperature Works	126	(1)
Adding Some Zip to a Photo	126	(3)
Making Colors Richer	129	(2)
Fixing Red-Eye	131	(3)
A Quicker Way to Remove Red-Eye	134	(1)
Other Touch-Ups You Can Do	135	(3)
Making Eyes Brighter	135	(1)
The Makeover Tool	135	(2)
Why You Need Sharpening	137	(1)
Chromatic Aberration	138	(1)
Lens Distortion and Correction	139	(3)
Correcting Barrel Distortion	140	(2)
Dealing with the Noise	142	(3)
Removing Digital Noise from Pictures	142	(3)
Repairing and Restoring Photographs	145	(28)
Preparing Your Image or Document	146	(1)
Laying Image Flat on the Glass	146	(1)
Preparing to Restore Photos	146	(2)
Scanning for Restoration	148	(2)
Enlarging the Original	148	(1)
Using the Highest Quality Scan Setting	148	(1)
Scanning the Original, Warts and All	148	(1)
Saving Photos Using a Lossless File Format	149	(1)
Repairing Tears and Creases	150	(6)
Removing Large Stains	156	(4)
Cleaning Up Dirty Backgrounds	160	(3)
Another Way to Remove Stains	163	(3)
Recovering Old Color Photos	166	(7)
Bringing Back the Color	167	(6)
PART III Creating Original Images Using Paint Shop Pro X
Create a Photo Montage	173	(46)
The Power of Selections	174	(1)
Understanding Selections	175	(1)
Rounding Up the Selection Tools	175	(16)
Expanding a Photograph Using Selection	175	(11)
Feathering the Selections	186	(2)
Rounding Up the Selection Tools	188	(1)
The Freehand Selection Tool	189	(2)
Magic Wand Tool Magic	191	(1)
Making Selections with Stylus or Mouse?	191	(1)
Getting the Best Selections (in the Least Amount of Time)	192	(3)
Making a First Rough Cut Selection	192	(1)
Zoom and Move	192	(1)
Adding Some and Taking Some	192	(1)
Fine-Tuning Your Selections	193	(1)
Keeping Your Final Objective in Mind	193	(1)
Finding the Edge in the Dark	193	(2)
Let's Select Somebody	195	(3)
Saving and Loading Selections	198	(2)
Saving a Selection to the Alpha Channel	198	(1)
Using Other Sources of Selections	199	(1)
Creating Photo Montages	200	(8)
Making New Objects Appear Like They Belong	200	(6)
Recipes for Surrealism	206	(2)
Photo Montages Without Selections: Masks	208	(7)
Using a Mask to Make a Photo Montage	209	(2)
Using Masks Like Selections	211	(4)
Rearranging a Photo with the Clone Brush	215	(4)
Add Text to Your Images	219	(20)
Text, Plain and Simple	220	(10)
Text Tool Options	220	(5)
Using the Text Tool	225	(5)
Creating Special Text Effects	230	(9)
Transparent Text	230	(1)
Adding Picture Tubes to Text	230	(2)
Making Text Stand Out on a Complex Background	232	(2)
Creating Text Carved into a Background	234	(5)
PART IV Getting Creative with Paint Shop Pro X
Add Dazzling Effects to Your Images	239	(36)
Enhancing Your Photos with Picture Frames	240	(6)
Creating Your Own Picture Frames	246	(6)
Adding Photo Borders with Masks	252	(4)
Using Picture Tubes	256	(4)
Creating Your Own Picture Tubes	260	(6)
Creating Art from a Photo	266	(9)
The Brush Strokes Effect	266	(2)
Posterize	268	(3)
``Painting'' with Noise Reduction	271	(2)
``Sketching'' with Find All	273	(2)
Understanding the Vector Tools	275	(38)
What's a Vector Object?	276	(1)
A First Look at the Vector Tools	276	(3)
Working with Preset Shapes	279	(1)
Mastering the Ellipse, Rectangle, and Symmetric Shape Tools	280	(8)
Ellipses and Circles	280	(2)
Rectangles and Squares	282	(3)
Symmetric Shapes	285	(3)
Drawing with the Pen Tool	288	(3)
Drawing Straight Lines	288	(1)
Drawing Precise Curves	289	(1)
Drawing Freehand	290	(1)
Getting Creative with Vector Text	291	(5)
Creating Vector Objects from Text	292	(2)
Text on a Path	294	(2)
Using the Pick Tool	296	(4)
Selecting an Object with the Pick Tool	296	(1)
Resizing and Repositioning with the Pick Tool	297	(1)
Deforming with the Pick Tool	297	(2)
Changing an Object's Properties	299	(1)
Editing Vector Objects with the Pen Tool	300	(11)
Repositioning Nodes	300	(1)
Deleting and Adding Nodes	301	(1)
Project: Drawing a Key	302	(9)
Using Vectors to Create Raster Selections	311	(1)
Converting Vectors to Rasters	312	(1)
Digital Scrapbooking	313	(30)
Adding Photos to a Scrapbook Template	314	(4)
Making a Scrapbook Page from a Kit	318	(5)
Creating Your Own Scrapping Components	323	(17)
Papers, Mats, and Frames	323	(5)
Eyelets and Brads	328	(6)
Ribbons and Fibers	334	(1)
Ribbons	334	(2)
Fibers	336	(4)
Plug-In Filters for Scrappers	340	(1)
Third-Party Sources of Components	340	(3)
Art Media	343	(20)
Art Media Layers and Tools	344	(3)
Drawing on Art Media Layers (Dry Media)	347	(3)
Painting on Art Media Layers (Wet Media)	350	(2)
Turning Photos into Art with Trace	352	(6)
Using the Mixer	358	(5)
PART V Customizing and Automation
Customizing the Paint Shop Pro Workspace	363	(16)
Modifying General Program Preferences	364	(3)
Changing File Locations	367	(1)
Rearranging the Workspace	368	(6)
Showing and Hiding Palettes and Toolbars	368	(1)
Docking and Undocking Palettes and Toolbars	369	(2)
Repositioning and Resizing Palettes and Toolbars	371	(1)
Using Rollups	371	(1)
Saving and Loading Workspaces	372	(2)
Modifying Toolbars and Menus	374	(2)
Changing Existing Toolbars and Menus	374	(2)
Creating Your Own Toolbars	376	(1)
Binding Commands to Keys	376	(3)
Scripting and Batch Processing	379	(16)
Running a Script	380	(4)
Running a Script from the Script Toolbar	380	(1)
Running a Script from the File Menu	381	(1)
Running a Script in Interactive Mode	381	(2)
Sources of Third-Party Scripts	383	(1)
Recording and Saving a Script	384	(1)
Modifying a Script	385	(6)
Using PSP's Script Editor	385	(2)
Editing a Script with a Text Editor	387	(4)
Binding a Script to an Icon	391	(1)
Renaming Multiple Files	392	(2)
Applying a Script to Multiple Files	394	(1)
Index	395