Synopses & Reviews
Ken McMahon and Robin Nichols have created a complete and easy-to-follow introduction to Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 9, allowing you to take full advantage of this popular photo-editor and graphics program in ways you would never have imagined. If you are an amateur digital photographer, web or graphic designer this book will provide you with everything you need to get the very best out of your images and achieve professional-looking results with this affordable but powerful consumer software.
Paint Shop Pro 9 for Photographers offers an extensive variety of real life examples with clear, step-by-step tutorials, eye-catching visuals and numerous tips and tricks to take your image making skills to new heights!
* Get the best from your digital images and learn the top techniques of a creative industry pro
* Be inspired by more than 1500 beautiful, color images throughout the book and available for download from the online gallery at www.guide2psp.com
* Pick up the vital skills you need quickly with straight forward tutorials to help you learn every tool, feature and technique!
Review
al photos and scans this is the BEST PSP 8 book I have used."
"If you have just a little knowledge of digital imaging this is the book for you. Illustrations are great and the text is easy to follow. Recommend you read PSP 8 "Fast and Easy" first and then read this book. Great Australian sense of humor throughout book."
Review
text is easy to follow. Recommend you read PSP 8 "Fast and Easy" first and then read this book. Great Australian sense of humor throughout book."
Review
"A competent guide to Photoshop's cheaper rival." - British Journal of Photography
"When you pick up any book from Focal Press, you know two things. One: it is extremely useful for photographers, and Two: it is qualitative, thorough information for those wanting in depth knowledge… There are more books about PSP, so why bother? In short: Paint Shop Pro 8, the guide to creating professional images is by far the clearest guide for PSP. It's a serious book for people wanting to know more. Of course every function of the program is discussed in detail. But it is the examples that make this manual the best. It is strongly visual, with lots of examples and graphics."
Photocrack e-zine
Online bookseller readers' reviews of current edition:
“As soon as I opened this book I knew I would like it. It's in COLOR, what a novel idea, to make a photo book in color!!!!
:-). It deals with digital photos and scans and web only, none of that other stuff you can do like make graphics and things. You can also download the picture from the web site to follow along. For working with digital photos and scans this is the BEST PSP 8 book I have used.”
“If you have just a little knowledge of digital imaging this is the book for you. Illustrations are great and the text is easy to follow. Recommend you read PSP 8 "Fast and Easy" first and then read this book. Great Australian sense of humor throughout book.”
Synopsis
Ken McMahon and Robin Nichols have created a complete and easy-to-follow introduction to Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 9, allowing you to take full advantage of this popular photo-editor and graphics program in ways you would never have imagined. If you are an amateur digital photographer, web or graphic designer this book will provide you with everything you need to get the very best out of your images and achieve professional-looking results with this affordable but powerful consumer software.
Paint Shop Pro 9 for Photographers offers an extensive variety of real life examples with clear, step-by-step tutorials, eye-catching visuals and numerous tips and tricks to take your image making skills to new heights!
* Get the best from your digital images and learn the top techniques of a creative industry pro
* Be inspired by more than 1500 beautiful, color images throughout the book and available for download from the online gallery at www.guide2psp.com
* Pick up the vital skills you need quickly with straight forward tutorials to help you learn every tool, feature and technique!
About the Author
Ken McMahon runs Pelican Graphics, a digital design consultancy specializing in design and artwork production for print media and the web. He is also a freelance journalist, writing for PCWorld, Mac User and PC Pro in the UK, and a best-selling author.
Editor/Publisher of Better Digital Magazine, Australia and www.betterdigitalonline.com.
Table of Contents
Digital image making: the basics; Simple picture manipulation – improving the look of your photos (changing color values); simple picture manipulation – moving past the basics; Controlling change – using selections; Combining images – working with layers and masks; Using text – understanding vector graphics; Manipulating images – creating special effects; Print preparation; Working with the Web; Paint Shop Photo Album 5 - organizing your pictures; Jargon Buster; Keyboard Shortcuts