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Post by Ollie on Dec 17, 2003 19:17:40 GMT
Well I wrote this to help you guys out. A lot of the same question keep being asked so this should help you out. If you have any suggestions about what to add, PM me.
Paint Shop Pro FAQ What is PSP and What can it do?PSP is a graphics program that allows you to retouch and edit photos. You can also make images from scratch and apply affects to images (filters). PSP also uses layers which basically means you can place images on top of each other. Where can I get it?PSP is not free software. You may get a 30 day trial from the website. Click hereYou can buy it in stores in various different countries, also online at www.corel.com Plus from sites such as Amazon and www.bestbuy.com How much does it cost?It is around £50-£100 in the Uk and about $79-$109 in the US. Are there any tutorials for PSP?Yes there are loads! There are a selection in the "Members Tutorials Board" at SSD. www.pinoy7.com is very good, Remember to use google too! Can I make animated images with PSP?Yes, PSP comes with a program called Animation Shop. This can be loaded by going to: File>>Jasc Software products>>Animation Shop If you don't have it with your PSP trial then it can be downloaded from hereHow do I intall a font on PSP?Put your font in the WINDOWS\FONTS directory. It won't appear strait away, so my trick is to press ctrl+a to select all the fonts in the folder. Then deselect. Your font should appear. If not restart your pc. What is the difference between PSP and Adobe Photoshop?Well PSP is slightly easier to use and is designed for begginners. Although you can produce some pretty fancystuff with it. The major difference is the price, the full version of photoshop is over £500 while upgrades from previous versions are around £150. Photoshop has a lot more features than PSP.
Getting Help in PSP8All Paint Shop Pro versions come with several actions to help you through the Program. Just simply go to Help in the main menu. The most widely used and help full of these is Product Tour. Go to Help>>Product Tour Simple eh? You will be presented with a little movie window, explore the menus on the left for the tasks.
Basic Introduction to LayersWhat are layers and why use them?Simply used for placing image/objects on top of each other. Example on a banner you might want a solid blue background but a picture of rocks Blended in to it. This is where you use layers, you paste the blue background on the first layer, then the stones on the next, you can then reduce opacity so they blend in. You can also apply some interesting blending effects which you should explore yourself! Below is a diagram of your layer palette press F8 to bring it up if it isn’t up already. (PSP8) In earlier versions explore the toolbars option in the view menu.PSP 7: Click here to view a screenshotPSP9:  Create a new layer by going to Layer>>New Raster/Vector Layer |
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Post by Ollie on Dec 28, 2003 12:18:00 GMT
How do I make an image Transparent?Well there are numerous ways, there is a tutorial in the Members Tutorial board. But there is another way. PSP9Ok make sure the part of the image that you want transparent, is a colour that is not used in the parts that you want to be visable. Press E on your keyboard to select the dropper tool, right click on the part you want transparent. Go to Image>>Palette>>Set Palette Transparency this will bring up a box, don't worry about the warning to convert to 256 colors, just press ok to that. Then another box will pop up, and choose the option to set the palette transparency to the background. press ok to confirm. Save your image as a .gif file -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PSP8Ok make sure the part of the image that you want transparent, is a colour that is not used in the parts that you want to be visable. Press E on your keyboard to select the dropper tool, right click on the part you want transparent. Go to Image>>Palette>>Set Palette Transparency this will bring up a box, don't worry about the warning to convert to 256 colors, just press ok to that. Then another box will pop up, and choose the option to set the palette transparency to the background. press ok to confirm. Save your image as a .gif file -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PSP7Exactly the same as above, except. You need to go to Colors>>Set Palette Transparency and you will get a 256 colour window with some options select the following: Optimized Octree Nearest color Then its the same as above . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some screen shots that may help you  Also, if you want to test the transparency, click "proof" in the pallete transparency window. PSP97Palette Trans.Palette Trans. 2GifGif 2PSP9Palette Trans.Palette Trans.
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Post by Ollie on Jan 18, 2004 12:14:55 GMT
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Post by Ollie on Feb 6, 2004 16:24:41 GMT
I want to make my image have links on it, can I do this?/ How do I image Map?[/u]
Thanks to Infinite for this contribution.
1.Open PSP 8 and a pre-existing image.
2.Collect the urls of the places you want the image to link to.
3.Go to file>>export>>Image Mapper.
4.Zoom In so you can get an accurate look at the image.
5.Choose either the puzzle shaped peice, the square, or the circle.
6.Draw a shape around a part of the image you want to link.
7.Now enter the url of where you want the image to link to when clicked on.
8.Now enter the alt text, or the text you wanted to be displayed when that part of the image is moused over.
9.You can leave the target part blank.
10.Repeat steps 5-9 for all other parts of the image you want to link.
11.Go to Save Settings and save it.
12.Go to Save to Clipboard and save it using the same name.
13. Go to save as and save it using the same name.
14.Close the image mapper window.
15.Close the image and it will ask you to save, hit yes and save it as the same name.
16.Upload the image itself and the html part of it.
17.While on your image host click on the imagemapname.html
18.Right click>>View Source>>scrolldown
19.Insert your information from there into this code:
<center>
<img src="URL OF MAP IMAGE" border="0" usemap="#MAP NAME" style="position: relative; bottom: 14px;">
<map name="MAP NAME">
<area shape="SHAPE OF LINK" coords="FOUR COORDS" href="URL OF LINK" alt="MOUSEOVER TEXT">
<area shape="SHAPE OF LINK" coords="FOUR COORDS" href="URL OF LINK" alt="MOUSEOVER TEXT">
<area shape="SHAPE OF LINK" coords="FOUR COORDS" href="URL OF LINK" alt="MOUSEOVER TEXT">
</map>
</center>
Edit the capital parts.
20.Insert that code into the bottom part of your footers.
Enjoy
Infinite
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Post by Crazed on Dec 2, 2004 21:50:32 GMT
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Post by Crazed on Jan 5, 2005 2:57:07 GMT
Thanks to stinky666 for the following:
Transparent .Gifs.
Menu> File> Export> GIF Export
Select the Eyedropper Tool from the Toolbar and right click on what-ever color in the image you want to make transparent ( normally the background color ) If you have multiple colors on the background, choose the color that is most used for the background color....Next
Go to the Colors Menu> Set Palette Transparency. Choose the Set the transparency value to the current background color ...Next
Use the Proof button to see the how the transparency is going to look, or you can can go to Colors> View Palette Transparency > Transparent view. What ever is going to be transparent will be displayed by a checker board. If you are satisfied with the results, click OK to close the Palette Transparency options.
Transparent Text On An Image.
Make a selection of the text, right click on the Create Mask button-> Hide Selection.
That will make whatever is on the current layer transparent in the selection area, which would be the text. Anything on lower layers would be visible.
Screen Capture.
In PSP 7 go to File> Import> Screen Capture> Setup. The way I do it is under "Capture" I select "Area".
Under "Activity Capture Using" I select "Hot Key" and "F11".
Go to the image you want to capture and place your mouse pointer on an outside corner, press F11 on your keyboard and your mouse pointer will change to a large plus sign. Left click once and release and 1x1 will appear on the plus sign, this is the area in pixels that you have selected at this time. To make the area larger, move your mouse up or down, and right or left, depending on the outer corner that you selected. The numbers on your plus sign will increase in value, and a box will appear around the area that you have selected for a screen capture. When you have your desired area selected left click and that area will appear in PSP.
Creating Textures.
Create, or open, the image you wish to use as the texture. Create a grayscale version .. Colors> Grayscale. Save the grayscale image as a .bmp in your PSP Texture directory.
Soft Edges Effect.
Go to Selections > Modify > Feather, and set your feather values. The bigger the number the softer the edge.Once you are complete, press Ctrl+Shift+I (Invert Selection) Press delete, about three or four times.The more you press delete, the more of the image gets erased or "softened".
Transparent Grid Lines.
In PSP open a new image 10x10 with a transparent background. Choose View> Zoom in by 5. Make sure you have rulers on ( View > Rulers). Select the Draw tool and in the Tool Options palette choose Point to Point, width set to 2, Antialias checked, Create as Vector and Close Path unchecked. Set foreground color to black and turn off background color. On your image do a point to point line both horizontal and vertical at the midway point on your image ( 5 on the ruler ) from one edge of your image to the other. What you will end up with is the plus ( + ) sign. DO NOT MERGE AND FLATTEN!! Save as a PSP image for later use but don't close the image. Open up a new image that you want to put a transparent grid on, add a new layer and flood fill with your grid pattern ( this will be a pattern fill selected from patterns in the styles palette ). This will give you a transparent grid over your image. You can also change the grid size by changing scale in the pattern palette making the grid either larger or smaller. You can even change the color of your grid by slecting the solid line on the grid [may want to zoom up for this] with the magic wand and then flood fill with the color of your choice.
Changing The Look Of Presets ( psp 7 ).
In PSP 7, on the right is the two " styles " boxes. When you select your " preset image ", click on the tool options and UN-CHECK the retain style box. This will allow you to make the preset whatever color you have chosen for the " stroke " color and also the " fill " color. You can lock either one if you dont want to use them both ( the " lock " is the circle with a line drawn through it ). If you use just the stroke, the preset will be outlined with the color you decide. If you use just the " fill ", it will not have an outline..use both, it will be filled with your color, and outlined with the other color..
Convert Photos To Cartoon Like Images.
Go to Effects > Artistic Effects > > Brush strokes, and play with the settings.
Using RGB Mode For .Gif's.
Click on Colors> Increase Color Depth> 16 Million Colors.
Dump The PSP Opening Splash Screen ( registered versions only ).
Menu> File > Preferences > General Program Preferences > Miscellaneous>Uncheck Show Splash Screen.
How Do I Add Non PSP Plug-Ins To My PSP Tools.
Click on File> Preferences > File Locations > Plug In Filters. Click on Browse, browse to the folder that contains your PSP compatable plug-ins, click OK. The next time you use PSP, the newly added plug-ins will be available.
Dont store your new, non PSP plug-in filters in your PSP directory. It's best to create a stand alone directory to point at in the manner stated above.
I Cant Make A Circle With The Pre Set Shapes Tool
Hold down the Shift key while using the Ellipse pre set.
Can I save My Graphic Like it Is, And Work On It Later?
Yes. In order to keep your graphic in an " editable " condition, save it as a " Paint Shop Pro Image " ( save as .psp . If you are wanting to save individual layers, et., to work on later, refer to the " Workspace " tip on Page 2.
I Want To Use My Tubes In PSP 6 In My New PSP 7
Click on Start > Programs > JASC Software > Utilities > Jasc Tube Converter. Go to the PSP 6 directory, click on " Tubes " PSP 7 will automatically convert the ones you have in PSP6.
How Can I Fix The " Jaggies " On My Font's
When you open your text editor, make sure " Antialias " is checked.
When I Type My Text On A Graphic, It Is Just Dotted Lines
When you open your text editor, make sure " floating " is checked.
When I Try To Add Effects Or Colors To My Text, Everything Is Grayed Out.
Go to Colors > Increase Color Depth > 16 Milion Colors.
When I Use The Grid Tool I Cant See The Grid Lines
Click on View > Grid > Guide Properties > Line Color. Just click on the color box, and make the grid lines a color that contrasts with your graphic.
My Filters Are All Messed Up
Just click on the filters Reset, and it will change them back to the factory default.
Can I Set Plug-Ins To Look The Same On Different Graphics?
Yes, if you have changed the appearance of the effect and have NOT clicked OK, just hold down the " Shift " key and click the effects Reset button, this will put the effect back to where it was for the last graphic. Another way would be to click on Cancel, close the effect tool, bring the effect tool back up, the last effect used will still be there.
When I Crop A Graphic, It Leaves A Border Around It
Before you crop it, set your PSP background color ( where foreground/background colors are set ) to the same color as the graphics background.
Change The Background Color Of Your New Graphic.
When ever you begin working on a new graphic, its always a good idea to put at least one new raster layer on top of the new background BEFORE you begin working on it. Then add your background color to your new layer..THEN, create another layer to start putting your graphics on. This allows you to change the background color, or to add additional graphics to the layer your background is on, and fill the first layer with the color of your choice. In every instance, when I began making a new graphic, I create 3 layers before I start doing anything else.
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