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Using Paint Shop Pro 6

What is Paint Shop Pro Paint Shop Pro is an easy-to-use yet powerful draw, paint, and editing program. It enables you to create new images, edit existing images, add interesting deformations and effects, and convert more than thirty different image formats into graphics that are perfect for Web pages, print, or multimedia presentations. You can download an evaluation version of the program at www.download.com.

The Paint Shop Pro Workspace When you first start Paint Shop Pro, you will see a splash screen followed by a window containing a tip. As you will quickly notice, most of the Paint Shop Pro window is blank—wide open for you to start creating your own graphics

Paint Shop Pro’s workspace is surrounded by Paint Shop Pro’s major palettes and toolbars: the Tool Palette, Color Palette, Layers Palette, the Tool Bar, and the Menu Bar. At the bottom of the workspace is the Status Bar.

Figure 1

Tool Palette

Layers Palette

Tool Options Window

Status Bar

Title Bar

Toolbar

Color Palette

Foreground Color

Background Color

Canvas

Menu Bar

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Starting Paint Shop Pro

1. Click Start on the Taskbar, point to Programs , point to the Paint Shop Pro folder and select Paint Shop

Pro 6 .

2. Maximize the Paint Shop Pro window.

3. The Toolbar should be open under the Menu bar.

4. The Tool Palette is under the Toolbar or to the side of the window.

5. The Color Palette is to the right side of the window.

6. The Status bar is at the bottom of the window.

7. Click View on the Menu bar and select Toolbars .

8. The Toolbars dialog box opens.

9. Select the toolbars that are checked in the picture to the right.

10. Click Close.

Setting Program Preferences 11. Click File on the

Menu bar, point to Preferences, and select General Program Preferences.

12. The Paint Shop Pro Preferences dialog box opens.

13. Click the Dialogs and Palettes tab.

14. Carefully copy the settings in the picture to the right.

15. Click OK.

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Exercise 1 Opening A New Canvas

Always select a 16 million color (24 bit) canvas to design new graphics. Many of the features in PSP 6 require this mode to function properly.

16. Click on the New canvas icon on the Toolbar.

17. The New Image dialog box will open.

18. Type 600 in the Width text box.

19. Type 600 in the Height text box.

20. Resolution is the amount of pixels (one paint dot) per inch.

21. For now, leave it at 72.

22. Background Color is the color you want the canvas to be.

23. Click the Background color drop-down arrow and select Transparent.

Note: A transparent canvas appears like a checkerboard canvas and represents a canvas with no color at all. It is very similar to painting on a piece of transparency paper, only this one is digital.

24. The Image type determines the amount of colors an image will display.

25. Select 16.7 Million Colors (24 bit).

26. Click OK.

27. There will now be a 600 wide by 600 high transparent canvas on your desktop. It looks similar to a checkerboard. You have successfully opened your first canvas! Now you can paint on it.

28. Click the Maximize button to enlarge the canvas.

29. Click the Normal Viewing button on the Toolbar.

30. The canvas is now at full size.

Turning Off the Grid 31. If you have gridlines on your canvas, click View on the Menu bar and deselect Grid.

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Understanding Foreground and Background Color The Foreground Color and Background Colors are located in the two boxes directly below the Color Palette in PSP 6, as shown in Figure 2.

If the mouse pointer is held over the Color

Palette, it turns to a Dropper tool . If a left mouse click is made, the color directly under the Dropper will become the Foreground Color. If a right mouse click is made, the color directly under the Dropper will become the Background Color.

The Foreground and Background colors are very important in PSP 6 because they determine the color of paint that will be applied when using the various drawing tools. If for instance you were to

select the Paint Brush Tool from the Tool Palette, and hold down the left mouse button and drag across a canvas, you would be instructing PSP 6 to paint using the currently selected Foreground

Color. In Figure 2, this would be black. If you were to select the Paint Brush tool and hold down the right mouse button while dragging across a canvas, you would be instructing PSP 6 to paint in the currently selected background color. In Figure 2, this would be white.

The Foreground-Background Switcher can be clicked once to quickly reverse the foreground and background colors.

32. Move the mouse pointer over a blue shade in the Color Palette and click the left mouse button.

33. The Foreground Color changes to the blue color shade you selected.

34. Move the mouse pointer over a red shade in the Color Palette and click the right mouse button.

35. The Background Color changes to the red color shade you selected.

36. Click the Paint Brush tool on the Tool Palette.

37. Now you must choose your brush options from the Tool Options Window.

38. Press the O key so the Tool Options Window is visible in the window.

39. If it appears but is rolled up (showing only as a Title Bar) move the mouse pointer over the Title Bar and click once to open the Tool Options Window.

40. The Tool Options Window has three tabs for the Paint Brush.

41. Click the Paint Brush Options tab on the left.

Figure 2

Background Color

Foreground Color

Foreground-Background

Switcher

Color Palette

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42. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

43. Click the Paint Brush Options tab in the center.

44. Copy the settings in the picture to the far right.

45. Using the left mouse button, paint your name at the top of the canvas.

46. Using the right mouse button paint your partner’s name below the first name.

47. Using the Color Palette, change the Foreground Color to a color of your choice.

48. Using the Color Palette, change the Background Color to a color of your choice.

49. Using the left mouse button, paint the date under the names.

50. Using the right mouse button paint the word Period under the date.

51. Using the Color Palette, change the Foreground Color to a color of your choice.

52. Using the left mouse button, paint PSP Exercise 1.

53. You should have four different colors.

If you make a mistake, press Ctrl+Z to undo. If you want to redo what you did press Ctrl+Alt+Z. Of course, you can use the Undo and Redo buttons on the Toolbar. 54. Look at Figure 3.

Figure 3

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Saving Your Work 55. Press Ctrl+S.

56. The Save As dialog box opens.

57. Next to Save in, click the drop-down arrow and select your period folder.

58. For File name , type PSP Exercise 1 your initials and your partner’s initials.

59. For Save as type click the drop-down arrow and select Paint Shop Pro Image (*.psp).

60. Click the Save button.

Setting the Page Setup 61. Click File on the Menu bar and

select Page Setup.

62. The Page Setup dialog box opens.

63. Under Scale, select Fit to page.

64. Under Orientation, select Portrait.

65. Click OK.

Previewing Your Work 66. Click File on the Menu bar and select Print Preview.

67. You can Zoom In or Zoom Out to get a good look at your work.

68. Click Close when you are done previewing your document.

Printing Your Work 69. Press Ctrl+P.

70. The Print dialog box opens.

71. Change the Printer to Wales.

72. Change the Number of copies to 2.

73. Click OK.

74. Close the PSP Exercise 1 image, but do not close Paint Shop Pro.

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Exercise 2 Opening An Existing Image

Opening an existing image is different from opening a new canvas because a new canvas never existed before. An existing image is one that already resides on the hard drive. To view the image it must be opened first in Paint Shop Pro 6.

75. Click Open button on the Toolbar.

76. The Open dialog box appears.

77. Next to Look in, click the drop-down arrow and select Network Neighborhood.

78. Double-click Wright-ms1 to open it.

79. Double-click the Students 200_ folder to open it.

80. Double-click the Paint Shop Pro folder to open it.

81. If you do not see the Push Pin file, click the Files of type drop-down arrow and select All files.

82. Click the Push Pin file to select it.

83. To make sure the file selected is the one you want check .

84. Click Open .

85. The Push Pin image opens in Paint Shop Pro.

The Zoom Tool

The Zoom tool allows for focusing in and out of an image, or image area. The Zoom tool is very handy when it is necessary to edit a very small area of an image and a large focus of that area is required to see each individual pixel of paint. It is important to note that zooming does not affect real physical size/measurements of an image; it only affects the viewing of it. The image actually remains untouched.

86. Click the Zoom tool on the Tool Palette.

87. Left-click a few times in the middle of the image.

88. The image should zoom in (larger) in the area being le ft clicked. You can actually start to see the paint pixels of the image as shown in the picture to the right.

89. The area of the image that is being left clicked with the Zoom tool becomes large. This process is referred to as zooming in.

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Note: Each square in the image shown here is one pixel of paint. Paint pixels are square in nature. Graphics made up of pixels are known as Raster or Bitmap graphics. 90. Right-click several times in the middle of the image.

91. You should start to see the image area you are clicking shrink. It is almost impossible to see pixels if the image is zoomed out too far.

92. Press the O key to view the Tool Options Window.

93. If it appears but is rolled up (showing only as a Title Bar) move the mouse pointer over the Title Bar and click once to open the Tool Options Window.

94. Now click the drop-down arrow in the Tool Options Window and select 1:5.

95. Your image will now zoom to a 1 to 5 ratio.

96. The Zoom Tool Options Window allows for the picking of an instant zoom ratio.

97. Click any ratio in the listing to make the zoom take place.

98. A ratio of 1:1 puts the image back to regular size .

99. To make an image view at its actual physical size quickly click the Normal View button in the Toolbar.

100. Close the Pushpin image, but do not close Paint Shop Pro.

Exercise 3 Using The Deformation Tool

The Deformation tool helps to add special visual effects/deformations to images or parts of images. It also works well on text images.

101. Click on the New canvas icon on the Toolbar.

102. The New Image dialog box will open.

103. Type 540 in the Width text box.

104. Type 720 in the Height text box.

105. Type 72 in the Resolution text box.

106. Click the Background Color drop-down arrow and select Transparent.

107. For Image type , select 16.7 Million Colors (24 bit).

108. Click OK.

109. Click the Maximize button to enlarge the canvas.

110. Click the Normal Viewing button on the Toolbar.

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111. The canvas is now at full size.

Saving Your Work 112. Press Ctrl+S.

113. The Save As dialog box opens.

114. Next to Save in, click the drop-down arrow and select your period folder.

115. For File name , type PSP Exercise 3 your initials and your partner’s initials.

116. For Save as type click the drop-down arrow and select Paint Shop Pro Image.

117. Click the Save button.

Setting the Foreground and Background Colors 118. Click once in the Foreground Color Box.

119. The Color dialog box opens.

120. Under Basic Colors , select Red.

121. Click OK.

Using the Text Tool

122. Click the Text tool on the Tool Palette.

123. Click once in the middle of the transparent canvas.

124. The Text Entry dialog box opens.

125. Look at Figure 4.

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Figure 4

126. Change the Font to Arial.

127. Change the Size to 72 points.

128. Select the Bold and Center buttons.

129. Under Create As, select Floating and check Antialias.

130. Under Text effects, click the Foreground Color Box.

131. Press the Caps Lock key.

132. Type YOUR FIRST NAME in the text box.

133. Click OK.

134. Press the Caps Lock key again.

135. YOUR FIRST NAME should now be in red on the transparent canvas with dancing ants around it.

136. The dancing ants are known as the Selection Marquee.

137. Look at Figure 5.

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Figure 5: The “dancing ants” means the text is selected. This is the Selection Marquee.

Moving Your Text with the Mover Tool 138. Leave the text selected.

139. Move the mouse pointer over the selected text until the pointer turns to a four-headed arrow .

140. The four-headed arrow is called the Mover tool.

141. Click and drag the text into the center of the canvas.

142. Do not double click or click anywhere outside the text Selection Marquee.

Deforming the Text

143. Click the Deformation tool on the Tool Palette.

144. Notice a frame appears that surrounds the text on the canvas. The frame has resizing handles, which are used for the actual deformation of the text.

The resizing handles that appear will allow for the dragging of the text shape. Holding down the Ctrl key or Shift key while dragging produces some interesting effects.

145. Move the mouse pointer over the top right corner handle until the pointer turns to a .

146. Hold down the Ctrl key and drag upward about 2 inches.

147. Look at Figure 6.

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Figure 6: The text is deformed. Now rotate the text.

148. Press the O key to view the Tool Options Window.

149. Click the Apply button on the Tool Options Window.

150. Move your mouse pointer over the right of center handle (shown in Figure 6) until the mouse pointer turns to a .

151. This handle allows you to rotate the object in deform mode.

152. Rotate the text.

153. Look at Figure 7.

Figure 7: Rotate the text as much as you want—even 180º!

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154. Move the mouse pointer over the center handle.

155. Click and drag the text into the upper left corner of the canvas.

156. Click the Apply button on the Tool Options Window.

157. The text should still be selected.

158. The Selection Marquee is around the text.

Adding a Drop Shadow Effect 159. Click Image on the Menu bar,

point to Effects, and select Drop Shadow.

160. The Drop Show dialog box opens.

161. Click the Color box.

162. The Colors dialog box opens.

163. Under Basis Colors , select Black.

164. Click OK.

165. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

166. Click OK.

167. Press Ctrl+D to deselect the text.

Adding a New Name

168. Click the Text tool on the Tool Palette.

169. Click once in the middle of the canvas.

170. The Text Entry dialog box opens.

Figure 8

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171. Click the Text Color box to the left of the Bold button .

172. The Color dialog box opens.

173. Under Basic Colors, select a dark blue color.

174. Click OK.

175. Press the Caps Lock key.

176. Type YOUR PARTNER’S FIRST NAME in the text box.

177. Click OK.

178. Press the Caps Lock key again.

179. YOUR PARTNER’S FIRST NAME should now be in blue on the transparent canvas with a Selection Marquee around it.

Deforming the Text

180. Click the Deformation tool on the Tool Palette.

181. Notice a frame appears that surrounds the text on the canvas.

182. Hold down the Shift key and place the mouse pointer over one of the outer handles.

183. Try doing some deformations of your own.

184. Click the Apply button on the Tool Options Window.

185. Move your mouse pointer over the right of center handle until the mouse pointer turns to a .

186. This handle allows you to rotate the object in deform mode.

187. Move the mouse over the right-center handle.

188. Rotate the text.

189. Move the mouse pointer over the center handle.

190. Click and drag the text into the lower right-hand corner.

191. Click the Apply button on the Tool Options Window.

192. Look at Figure 8.

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193. The text should still be selected.

194. The Selection Marquee is around the text.

Adding a Drop Shadow Effect 195. Click Image on the Menu bar,

point to Effects, and select Drop Shadow.

196. The Drop Show dialog box opens.

197. Click the Color box.

198. The Colors dialog box opens.

199. Under Basis Colors , select Black.

200. Click OK.

201. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

202. Click OK.

203. Press Ctrl+D to deselect the text.

Adding a Heading

204. Click the Text tool on the Tool Palette.

205. Click once with the mouse pointer in the upper right corner of the canvas.

206. The Text Entry dialog box opens.

207. Change the Font to Times New Roman.

208. Change the Font Size to 12 points.

Figure 8

Rotate the names so that they fit on the canvas.

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209. Select the Bold button .

210. Select the Align Right button .

211. Under Create As, select Floating and check Antialias.

212. Click the Text Color box to the left of the Bold button .

213. The Color dialog box opens.

214. Under Basic Colors, select Black.

215. Click OK.

216. Type your names.

217. Press Enter.

218. Type the date.

219. Press Enter.

220. Type the word Period and type the number.

221. Press Enter.

222. Type PSP Exercise 3.

223. Click OK.

224. The heading should now be in black on the transparent canvas with a Selection Marquee around it.

225. Move the mouse pointer over the selected text

until the pointer turns to a four-headed arrow .

226. The four-headed arrow is called the Mover tool.

227. Drag the text into the upper right corner.

228. Right-click your heading to turn off the Selection Marquee.

229. The text is deselected.

230. Press Ctrl+S to save your image.

Setting the Page Setup 231. Click File on the Menu bar and select Page

Setup.

232. The Page Setup dialog box opens.

Figure 9

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233. Under Scale, select Fit to page.

234. Under Orientation, select Portrait.

235. Click OK.

Previewing Your Work 236. Click File on the Menu bar and select Print Preview.

237. You can Zoom In or Zoom Out to get a good look at your work.

238. Click Close when you are done previewing your document.

Printing Your Work 239. Press Ctrl+P.

240. The Print dialog box opens.

241. Change the Printer to Ireland.

242. Change the Number of copies to 2.

243. Click OK.

244. Close the PSP Exercise 3 image, but do not close Paint Shop Pro.

Exercise 4 Using The Crop Tool

The Crop tool allows for the cutting away of extra canvas or part of an image. It is handy when trying to keep file size small.

245. Click Open button on the Toolbar.

246. The Open dialog box appears.

247. Next to Look in, click the drop-down arrow and select Network Neighborhood.

248. Double-click Wright-ms1 to open it.

249. Double-click the Students 200_ folder to open it.

250. Double-click the Paint Shop Pro folder to open it.

251. If you do not see the Balloons file, click the Files of type drop-down arrow and select All files.

252. Click the Balloons file to select it.

253. To make sure the file selected is the one you want check .

254. Click Open .

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Figure 10

255. We only want the image to have one balloon, the very to p one. Therefore, you will have to crop away the rest of the image.

256. Click the Crop tool on the Tool Palette.

257. Drag out a rectangle around the top balloon. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect.

258. Move the mouse pointer over the left side of the rectangle.

259. The mouse pointer turns into a double-headed arrow.

260. Drag the left side as close to the balloon as possible.

261. Drag the top, bottom, and right sides as close to the balloon as possible.

262. Press the O key to view the Tool Options Window.

263. Click the Crop Image button on the Tool Options Window.

264. Look at Figure 10.

Saving Your Work 265. Press F12.

266. The Save As dialog box opens.

267. Next to Save in, click the drop-down arrow and select your period folder.

268. For File name , type PSP Exercise 4 your initials and your partner’s initials.

269. For Save as type click the drop-down arrow and select Paint Shop Pro Image.

270. Click the Save button.

271. Close the PSP Exercise 4 image, but do not close Paint Shop Pro.

Exercise 5 Cropping A Head

272. Click the Open button on the Toolbar.

273. The Open dialog box appears.

274. Next to Look in, click the drop-down arrow and select Network Neighborhood.

275. Double-click Wright-ms1 to open it.

276. Double-click the Students 200_ folder to open it.

277. Double-click the Paint Shop Pro folder to open it.

278. If you do not see the Brian file, click the Files of type drop-down arrow and select All files.

279. Click the Brian file to select it.

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280. To make sure the file selected is the one you want check .

281. Click Open .

282. Click the Crop tool on the Tool Palette.

283. Press the O key to view the Tool Options Window.

284. Drag out a rectangle around Brian’s head. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect.

285. Move the mouse pointer over the left side of the rectangle. The mouse pointer turns into a double-headed arrow.

286. Drag the left side as close to Brian’s head a possible.

287. Drag the top, bottom, and right sides as close to Brian’s head as possible.

288. Click the Crop Image button on the Tool Options Window.

289. Look at Figure 11.

Enlarging Your Canvas As you see from the picture to the right, there is no white space for you to add your heading. Paint Shop Pro allows you to enlarge your canvas, but keep the image size the same.

290. Click once in the Background Color Box.

291. The Color dialog box opens.

292. Under Basic Colors , select White.

293. Click OK.

294. Click Image on the Menu bar and select Canvas Size .

295. The Change Canvas Size dialog box opens.

Figure 11

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296. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

297. The new canvas will be 600 by 600 pixels.

298. Click OK.

299. Now you have room for a heading.

Adding a Heading

300. Click the Text tool on the Tool Palette.

301. Click once with the mouse pointer in the upper right corner of the canvas.

302. The Text Entry dialog box opens.

303. Change the Font to Times New Roman.

304. Change the Font Size to 12 points.

305. Select the Bold button .

306. Select the Align Right button .

307. Under Create As, select Floating and check Antialias.

308. Click the Text Color box to the left of the Bold button .

309. The Color dialog box opens.

310. Under Basic Colors, select Black.

311. Click OK.

312. Type your names.

313. Press Enter.

314. Type the date.

315. Press Enter.

316. Type the word Period and type the number.

317. Press Enter.

318. Type PSP Exercise 5.

319. Click OK.

320. The heading should now be in black on the transparent canvas with a Selection Marquee around it.

321. Move the mouse pointer over the selected text until the pointer turns to a four-headed arrow .

322. The four-headed arrow is called the Mover tool.

323. Drag the text into the upper right corner.

324. The text should still be selected.

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Adding a Drop Shadow Effect 325. Click Image on the Menu bar, point to Effects, and

select Drop Shadow.

326. The Drop Show dialog box opens.

327. Click the Color box.

328. The Colors dialog box opens.

329. Under Basis Colors , select Black.

330. Click OK.

331. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

332. Click OK.

333. Press Ctrl+D to deselect the text.

Saving Your Work 334. Press F12.

335. The Save As dialog box opens.

336. Next to Save in, click the drop-down arrow and select your period folder.

337. For File name , type PSP Exercise 5 your initials and your partner’s initials.

338. For Save as type click the drop-down arrow and select Paint Shop Pro Image.

339. Click the Save button.

Setting the Page Setup 340. Click File on the Menu bar and select Page Setup.

341. The Page Setup dialog box opens.

342. For Scale, type 400.

343. Under Orientation, select Portrait.

344. Under Position, select Center on page.

345. Click OK.

Previewing Your Work 346. Click File on the Menu bar and select Print Preview.

347. You can Zoom In or Zoom Out to get a good look at your work.

348. Look at Figure 12.

349. Click Close when you are done previewing your document.

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Figure 12

Printing Your Work 350. Press Ctrl+P.

351. The Print dialog box opens.

352. Change the Printer to Ireland.

353. Change the Number of copies to 2.

354. Click OK.

355. Close the PSP Exercise 5 image, but do not close Paint Shop Pro.

The heading has a drop shadow giving it a 3D effect.