COMPUTER STUDY....Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

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.

GETTING STARTED WITH PAINT SHOP PRO 

Conventions

CREATING A NEW IMAGE 
THE PAINT SHOP PRO TOOL PALETTE
WORKING WITH 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 

Exercises:
The Paint Brush
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