Paint Shop Pro 7 For Dummies

by Kay, David C.

• ISBN13: 9780764506932
• ISBN10: 0764506935
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-15
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Paint Shop Pro 7 For Dummies is well-suited to business and technical professionals and their office staff who prefer to do the image work themselves, rather than invoke the delay, cost, and uncertainty of turning it over to a specialist. This book addresses common needs such as: image sizing, cropping, enhancement, correction of defects, special effects, and certain special applications such as Web sites. Paint Shop Pro 7 For Dummies shows you how to use the new, powerful design and editing features including vector-based editable text tool options, multiple color/transparency gradients, Animation Shop 2, JPEG and GIF optimizer tools, and the enhanced visual browser file management. Many users learn the basics themselves, but often stumble when using the tool. Paint Shop Pro 7 For Dummies will guide you to choose the right tool for your project, explain how to use it effectively, and help you understand what aspect of the image needs to be altered.

Author Biography

David Kay wrote Microsoft(r) Works Suite 2000 For Dummies(r) and coauthored Dragon NaturallySpeaking(TM) For Dummies. He enjoys painting and photography in his free time.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: Getting the Picture	7	(64)
Introducing Paint Shop Pro	9	(22)
Starting, Opening, and Saving Image Files	31	(20)
Capturing Pictures from Paper, Camera, or Screen	51	(20)
Part II: Painting the Picture	71	(54)
Choosing Colors, Styles, and Textures	73	(20)
Fundamental Painting, Spraying, and Filling	93	(22)
Painting with Pictures	115	(10)
Part III: Improving Appearances	125	(78)
Retouching Touchy Spots	127	(12)
Finessing Photos with Effects	139	(16)
Creating Artsy Effects	155	(20)
Adjusting Color by Bits	175	(8)
Laundering Your Image for Brightness, Contrast, and Color	183	(20)
Part IV: Changing and Adding Content	203	(108)
Getting Bigger, Smaller, and Turned Around	205	(12)
Selecting Parts of an Image	217	(22)
Moving, Copying, and Reshaping Parts of Your Image	239	(16)
Layering Images	255	(20)
Adding Layers of Text or Shapes	275	(26)
Masking Layers	301	(10)
Part V: Taking It to the Street	311	(42)
Printing	313	(10)
Creating Web Images	323	(16)
Animating in Animation Shop	339	(14)
Part VI: The Part of Tens	353	(20)
Ten Perplexing Problems	355	(8)
Ten Fast Fixes for Photo Failures	363	(10)
Index	373