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Enhance any image - from digital photos to Web animations Packed with pointers on creating animated Web graphics
Your fun and easy guide to stunning images and dazzling special effects Want to create professional-quality graphics for just about any project? This friendly guide is your key to getting the most out of Paint Shop Pro(TM), from resizing images to correcting photo defects and animating graphics for Web applications. These pages will help you manage your graphics files with ease and maximize this software's newest tools!
Discover how to: Use JPEG and GIF optimizer tools Enhance your images with color Liven up your images with Animation Shop(TM) 2 Import and edit photos Organize your projects with ease
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Synopsis
"Paint Shop Pro for Dummies" addresses the most common needs that users are looking for: image sizing, cropping, enhancement, correction of defects, special effects, and certain special applications such as Web sites. Readers learn the right design tool to use for their projects.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
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.
PART I: Getting the Picture.
Chapter 1: Introducing Paint Shop Pro.
Chapter 2: Starting, Opening, and Saving Image Files.
Chapter 3: Capturing Pictures from Paper, Camera, or Screen.
PART II: Painting the Picture.
Chapter 4: Choosing Colors, Styles, and Textures.
Chapter 5: Fundamental Painting, Spraying, and Filling.
Chapter 6: Painting with Pictures.
PART III: Improving Appearances.
Chapter 7: Retouching Touchy Spots.
Chapter 8: Finessing Photos with Effects.
Chapter 9: Creating Artsy Effects.
Chapter 10: Adjusting Color by Bits.
Chapter 11: Laundering Your Image for Brightness, Contrast, and Color.
PART IV: Changing and Adding Content.
Chapter 12: Getting Bigger, Smaller, and Turned Around.
Chapter 13: Selecting Parts of an Image.
Chapter 14: Moving, Copying, and Reshaping Parts of Your Image.
Chapter 15: Layering Images.
Chapter 16: Adding Layers of Text or Shapes.
Chapter 17: Masking Layers.
PART V: Taking It to the Street.
Chapter 18: Printing.
Chapter 19: Creating Web Images.
Chapter 20: Animating in Animation Shop.
PART VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten Perplexing Problems.
Chapter 22: Ten Fast Fixes for Photo Failures.
Index.
Book Registration Information.