Paint Shop Pro 5 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) - Softcover

Sawyer, Ben; Meyer, Joann

9780201353624: Paint Shop Pro 5 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201353628 ISBN 13: 9780201353624

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 1998

A guide to the image editing and processing program explains how to manipulate images for documents, files, and Web pages

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Review:

This simple, no-nonsense guide teaches beginners how to get up and running quickly in Paint Shop Pro, the inexpensive image editor and Web graphics tool from Jasc, Inc. The authors start you off with a tour of the interface and proceed to help you acquire images from scanners, digital cameras, the Web, and other sources. You learn how to create selections; work with layers; manage and apply color; use the drawing and photo-retouching tools; create masks; apply filters; work with deformations and arithmetic; place and fine-tune artistic type; and save, convert, and print files. Finally, you create Web images such as buttons, rules, and banner ads with image maps and browser-safe colors. The last chapter reviews Animation Shop, the GIF-animation tool that ships with the program. Appendices cover keyboard shortcuts and list Web resources for learning more about Paint Shop Pro. Throughout the book, the authors present step-by-step instructions for each exercise along with general usage tips. While they successfully avoid bogging you down with needless detail, they are also not overly simplistic. --Kathleen Caster

From the Back Cover:

Paint Shop Pro 5 is the latest version of this popular image editing software for Windows, which is downloaded and used by millions of desktop and webtop publishers. It's the perfect tool for non-graphics professionals who want to create, view, and manipulate graphics for their Web sites, business presentations, digital cameras, and personal artwork. Paint Shop Pro doesn't come with a manual, because it can be downloaded from the Web. This is the documentation you're looking for.

The Paint Shop Pro 5 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide will quickly get beginning and experienced users up to speed on the new features of the software, and will show you how to prepare graphics for the Web, process images and convert scans and digital photos, create multimedia presentations, and more. With its numerous screenshots and to-the-point numbered steps, the book quickly teaches the basics of Paint Shop Pro, from navigating and selecting to working with color to using painting and drawing to all new features including the Animation Shop image animator. New users will find it easy to get up and running quickly with the software, while experienced Paint Shop Pro users will find a wealth of tips and new information about the latest version of the software.

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