Paint Shop Pro 9 For Dummies

361 Pages·2005·10.482 MB·English

by  David C. Kay, William Steinmetz

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Paint Shop Pro 9
®
FOR
DUMmIES
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by David Kay,William “The Ferrett”Steinmetz
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Paint Shop Pro®9 For Dummies®
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About the Authors
David Kayis a writer, an engineer, an artist, and a naturalist who combines
professions with the same effectiveness as his favorite business establish-
ment, Acton Muffler, Brake, and Ice Cream (now defunct). Dave has written
more than a dozen computer books, by himself or with friends. His other
titles include various editions of Microsoft Works For Windows For Dummies,
WordPerfect For Windows For Dummies, Graphics File Formats,and The
Internet: Complete Reference.
In his other life, as the Poo-bah of Brightleaf, Dave is a conservation biologist.
He and his wife, Katy, and golden retriever, Alex, live in the wilds of
Massachusetts. In his spare time, Dave studies animal and human tracking
and munches edible wild plants. He also has been known to make strange
blobs from molten glass, sing Gilbert and Sullivan choruses in public, and
hike in whatever mountains he can get to. He longs to return to New Zealand
and track kiwis and hedgehogs in Wanaka. He finds writing about himself in
the third person like this quite peculiar and will stop now.
William “The Ferrett” Steinmetzis a freelance Webmaster and editor who
helms StarCityGames.com, one of the premier strategy sites for the col-
lectible card gameMagic: The Gathering. He wrote most of Internet:
The Complete Referenceand has written computer book reviews for
Amazon.com and TechSoc.com.The Ferrett lives in Cleveland and is geeky.
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Dedication
To the restoration of reason, conscience, and good will in the United States of
America and the world. — D.K.
To my wife, Gini. I promised forever. And I mean to keep that, I do. — T.F.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction.................................................................1
Part I: The Basics.........................................................5
Chapter 1: Opening, Viewing, Managing, and Saving Image Files................................7
Chapter 2: Getting Bigger, Smaller, and Turned Around..............................................29
Chapter 3: Selecting Parts of an Image..........................................................................39
Chapter 4: Moving, Copying, and Reshaping Parts of Your Image.............................59
Part II: Prettying Up Photographs................................73
Chapter 5: Capturing Pictures from Paper, Camera, or Screen..................................75
Chapter 6: Fixing Broken Pictures: Removing Scratches,
Blurry Parts, and Red Eye.............................................................................................99
Chapter 7: Adjusting Your Picture’s Brightness, Contrast, and Color.....................115
Chapter 8: Heavy-Duty Photo Alterations: Adding People and Removing Zits......131
Part III: Painting Pictures.........................................147
Chapter 9: Basic Painting, Spraying, and Filling.........................................................149
Chapter 10: Advanced Painting for the Artiste............................................................173
Chapter 11: Layering Images.........................................................................................201
Chapter 12: Adding Layers of Text or Shapes.............................................................221
Chapter 13: Adding Artsy Effects.................................................................................241
Part IV: Taking It to the Street ..................................261
Chapter 14: Printing.......................................................................................................263
Chapter 15: Creating Web-Friendly Images.................................................................273
Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................283
Chapter 16: Ten Perplexing Problems.........................................................................285
Chapter 17: Ten Fast Fixes for Photo Failures............................................................293
Chapter 18: Ten Topics a Little Too Advanced for the Rest of This Book..............303
Index.......................................................................331
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Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................1
What Can You Do with This Book?.................................................................1
Is This the Book for You?................................................................................2
How Is This Book Organized?.........................................................................2
Part I: The Basics....................................................................................3
Part II: Prettying Up Photographs........................................................3
Part III: Painting Pictures.......................................................................3
Part IV: Taking It to the Street...............................................................3
Part V: The Part of Tens.........................................................................4
Icons Used in This Book..................................................................................4
Part I: The Basics..........................................................5
Chapter 1: Opening, Viewing, Managing, and Saving Image Files . . .7
Three Ways to Open Image Files....................................................................8
Opening, Managing, and Sorting Files with the Browser............................9
Opening the right file with File➪ Open...............................................11
Secrets of opening a file by double-clicking......................................12
Viewing and Zooming an Image....................................................................14
Zooming and moving an image in the window.................................14
Working on several images at a time.................................................15
Getting Information about an Image............................................................15
Saving an Image File.......................................................................................16
Saving an Image As a Paint Shop Pro File...................................................17
Saving a Copy of Your File As Another File Type.......................................17
Saving the Whole Enchilada, Your Workspace...........................................18
Using Native and Foreign File Types............................................................19
Paint Shop Pro files (pspimage or PSP).............................................20
BMP........................................................................................................21
TIFF.........................................................................................................21
GIF...........................................................................................................22
JPEG.......................................................................................................22
PNG.........................................................................................................23
Using Vector File Types (Drawing Files).....................................................24
Opening vector files.............................................................................24
Saving vector files — not.....................................................................25
Converting or Renaming Batches of Files...................................................25
File Types and Auto-Action Messages about Colors.................................27
Obtaining Image Files from the Web............................................................28
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