Paintshop Pro 8

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Chapter 1: Opening, Viewing, and Saving Image Files Overview In This Chapter Opening and browsing image files Zooming in and out Saving image files Reading image information Working with d...

Chapter 2: Capturing Pictures from Paper, Camera, or Screen Overview In This Chapter Scanning images from paper Getting better scans Scanning printed images Downloading pictures from digital ca...

Chapter 3: Choosing Colors, Styles, and Textures Overview In This Chapter Choosing colors Understanding foreground and background materials Using styles and textures Adjusting materials Cr...

Chapter 4: Painting, Spraying, and Filling Overview In This Chapter Choosing the tool Brushing Spraying Erasing Painting Using different brush sizes and shapes Controlling how pa...

Chapter 5: Painting with Pictures Overview In This Chapter Duplicating with the Clone Brush tool Choosing cloning over selecting Using the Picture Tube tool Creating your own picture tube pictu...

Chapter 6: Retouching Touchy Spots Overview In This Chapter Softening Smudging Lightening Darkening Removing a scratch Removing red-eye Can Paint Shop Pro remove worrisome wrinkl...

Chapter 7: Finessing Photos with Adjustments Overview In This Chapter Correcting color balance Boosting or bucking contrast and brightness Intensifying colors Removing patterns and scratches...

Chapter 8: Creating Artsy Effects Overview In This Chapter Browsing through effects Creating 3-D objects Simulating physical art media Performing geometric distortions Adding glints, lens...

Chapter 9: Adjusting Color By Bits Overview In This Chapter Understanding primary color systems Using hue, saturation, and lightness Increasing colors Decreasing colors For basic painting...

Chapter 10: Laundering Your Image for Brightness, Contrast, and Color Overview In This Chapter Adjusting brightness and contrast Adjusting high, low, and mid tones Getting lighter colors Gettin...

Chapter 11: Getting Bigger, Smaller, and Turned Around Overview In This Chapter Resizing your image Cropping (trimming edges) Rotating the image Getting a mirror image Flipping the image t...

Chapter 12: Selecting Parts of an Image Overview In This Chapter Selecting areas Modifying selections Feathering and antialiasing Antialiasing Disabling the selection marquee Selectin...

Chapter 13: Moving, Copying, and Reshaping Parts of Your Image Overview In This Chapter Moving, floating, and deleting a selection Using the Windows Clipboard Working with the Deformation tool...

Chapter 14: Layering Images Overview In This Chapter Creating and working with layers Using the Layer palette for layer control Rearranging and grouping layers Separating and combining images...

Chapter 15: Adding Layers of Text or Shapes Overview In This Chapter Vectorizing versus rasterizing Playing with text Fiddling with lines and shapes Changing colors, fills, and whatnot Pos...

Chapter 16: Printing Overview In This Chapter Sizing and positioning the print on the paper Printing a single image Printing thumbnail images from the browser Creating multi-image pages Ad...

Chapter 17: Creating Web Images Overview In This Chapter Improving download times Choosing the best file type Creating GIF and JPEG images Creating hot spots and rollovers The Web makes sp...

Chapter 18: Automating Paint Shop Pro Overview In This Chapter Saving tool and effect settings as presets Recording scripts Running scripts Advanced scripting This timesaving chapter shows...

Chapter 19: Ten Perplexing Problems Overview In This Chapter Fixing a tool that doesn#8217;t seem to work Stopping those annoying Paint Shop Pro questions Finding a missing toolbar Seeing image...

Chapter 20: Ten Fast Fixes for Photo Failures Overview In This Chapter Rotating photos 90 degrees Removing red-eye Brightening dark photos Correcting overexposure Bringing out dark areas...

Color Inserts Fix Photo Lighting Flaws Color Plate C-1a: Dave#8217;s lovely wife, Katy, overcomes bluish indoor lighting when the Automatic Color Balance effect adjusts #8220;color temperature.#8221; Color Pl...