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Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

These tutorials are based on Paint Shop Pro Version 6, a graphics software package.The emphasis is on creating graphics for the Web. This series of Paint Shop Pro tutorials is based on the concept that most people learn by doing. If you have never used a graphics package before, you'll find that there are many new terms to learn, so we provide an introduction to several Paint Shop Pro topics. The meat of these tutorials is, however, the exercises and the sections on how to produce specific effects. We take you step-by-step through producing each effect. We hope you enjoy these tutorials.



Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED WITH PAINT SHOP PRO
Conventions
CREATING A NEW IMAGE USING PAINTSHOP PRO
THE PAINT SHOP PRO TOOL PALETTE
COLOR
The Color Panel
The Color Dialog Box
Selecting Color from an Image
The Color Palette
Recent Colors Dialog Box
Exercises:
The Color Panel
Recent Colors Dialog Box
The Color Dialog Box
Selecting Color from an Image
SELECTING
The Tool Options Dialog Box
Exercises:
The Selection Tool
The Freehand Tool
The Magic Wand
Feathering
PAINT SHOP PRO PAINTING TOOLS
THE PAINT SHOP PRO PAINT BRUSH TOOL
Painting a Straight Line
Freehand Painting
The Tool Options Dialog Box
THE PAINT BRUSH
Exercises:
Brush Shape
Brush Size
Brush Hardness
THE PAINT BRUSH -- PART TWO
Opacity
Step
Density
Paper Texture
Custom Brushes
THE CLONE BRUSH
Cloning - Aligned
Cloning - Non-Aligned
Cloning - Dragging Your Pointer
THE COLOR REPLACER TOOL
Color Replacement
THE ERASER
Erasing on the Background Layer
Erasing on a Layer
PAINT SHOP PRO PICTURE TUBES
Old Cars
Music
THE FLOOD FILL TOOL
Flood Fill -- Solid Color
Flood Fill -- Linear Gradient
Flood Fill -- Pattern
Flood Fill -- Blend Mode
PAINT SHOP PRO LAYERS

Exercises:
Background Layer -- Colored Background 
Transparent Background
Working with Layers 
Moving a Layer 
Layer: Blend Modes
THE PAINT SHOP PRO PRESET SHAPES TOOL
Exercises:
Stroked � Raster
Filled � Vector
Stroked and Filled Vector 
THE PAINT SHOP PRO DRAW TOOL
Exercises:
Single Line
Bezier Curve
Freehand Line 
THE PAINT SHOP PRO TEXT TOOL
Exercises:
Kerning 
Leading 
Selection 
Floating Text 
Floating Text on a Path 
Vector Text on a Path 
THE PAINT SHOP PRO DEFORMATION TOOL
Exercises:
Deformation � Vector Object
Deformation � Raster Layer
PAINT SHOP PRO MASKS
Exercises:
A Sharp Edge Mask 
A Specific Mask 
Fading Effect


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