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We have done our best to ensure that the material found in this publication is both useful and accurate. However, please be aware that errors may exist in this publication, and that neither the authors nor Jasc Software, Inc. make any guarantees concerning the accuracy of the information found here or in the use to which it may be put. Printed in the United States of America 2003 i Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's New in Version 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Learning Paint Shop Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 6 7 8 Chapter 2 Getting to Know The Program . . . . . . . . . . 11 Starting and Exiting Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exploring the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Toolbars and Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Image Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Shortcut and Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 14 20 24 25 28 Chapter 3 Getting Images into Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . 29 Opening Existing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Images from Digital Cameras and Scanners. . . . . . . . Capturing Images from the Computer Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Paint Shop Pro Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 32 38 41 43 47 ii Contents Chapter 4 Improving Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Basic Steps in Improving Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Approach Color, Contrast, and Saturation Adjustments . Improving Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Source Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Image Defects and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Correcting Image Distortions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retouching Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving Image Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 53 54 60 61 62 65 69 72 79 Chapter 5 Working with Colors and Materials . . . . . . . 81 Using the Materials Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Understanding Color and Color Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 How Monitor and Print Colors Differ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Working with Color Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Understanding Color Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Working with Image Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Making a Palette Color Transparent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Chapter 6 Editing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Cutting, Copying, and Pasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repeating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Rulers, Grids, and Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cropping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Canvas Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaling and Transforming Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Correcting Image Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Borders to Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flipping and Mirroring Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Combining Two Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 127 127 129 129 134 137 139 140 143 145 146 150 151 151 Contents iii Chapter 7 Making Selections in Images . . . . . . . . . . 153 Using the Selection Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Edit Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Standard and Floating Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Selection Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Selections within an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a Selection into a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Custom Patterns from Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving and Loading Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 164 165 166 167 174 175 175 176 Chapter 8 Making Color and Tonal Corrections . . . . 181 Key Points to Know Before Making Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . How Corrections Relate to Color Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the Color Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reducing or Removing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Histogram to Analyze Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 183 184 190 196 198 201 Chapter 9 Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Painting with the Paint Brush or Airbrush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Brush Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Brush and Paint Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloning Parts of Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retouching Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filling Areas with Colors, Gradients, Patterns, or Textures . . . Replacing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Painting with Picture Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 209 211 215 216 219 220 222 223 224 iv Contents Chapter 10 Drawing and Editing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 227 About Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating New Preset Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Custom Line Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Vector Object Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aligning and Arranging Vector Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resizing and Reshaping Vector Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Paths and Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding and Closing Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 229 234 235 237 239 243 245 246 251 Chapter 11 Working with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 About Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Layer palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding New Layers to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Adjustment Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 265 267 270 279 283 Chapter 12 Working with Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 About Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 289 294 297 298 301 Chapter 13 Working with Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Creating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaling and Transforming Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Effects to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Text with Image Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Text on Object Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting Text to Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 306 307 308 309 309 310 310 313 Contents v Chapter 14 Applying Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Choosing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Picture Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathematically Combining Two Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Your Own Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 321 322 323 32 ...