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Dedication
To my "sister," Penny, who, since we were little girls , has enriched me with her friendship.
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Acknowledgments
I am deeply appreciative to the many people who assisted with this book. Thank you for all the time you gave and for your assistance.
To Stacy Hiquet for the opportunity to write this book and for her confidence in me. A very special thanks goes to Sandy Doell for her unending assistance in the book development; to Sonja Shea for (again) checking all the technical angles and keeping me straight; to Karen Gill for her help in making this book grammatically correct; to Shawn Morningstar for laying it all out so nice and easy; and to all those at Premier working behind the scenes whose names I don't know. I really appreciate your fine work.
A special recognition goes to all those on the various Paint Shop Pro newsgroups, especially "Bonesy" Sonja Shea (PSPToybox), Patti Wavinak (Moon's Designs) and Porter, and to all the regulars. Thanks for letting me bug you with my questions and for all the special assistance you provided. I learned and laughed with all of you! To Nancy, Kris, Joe, and everyone at Jasc Software: You are still the nicest group of people I've ever worked with.
To my husband, Vern: Thank you again for all your support and never-ending faith in me. Your help at deadline time is immeasurable.
Finally, and most importantly, I give praise and thanks to God above for all the blessings He's bestowed on me. Without Him, I can do nothing.
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About the Author
Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988 that services the central Indiana area. Her area of expertise has long been in the word-processing, spreadsheet, and graphics areas of computing as well as providing training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane's authoring experience includes more than 20 books on topics such as PC Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Lotus SmartSuite, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and Peachtree Accounting, many of which have been translated into other languages such as Dutch, Bulgarian, Spanish, and Greek. She has also developed and written numerous training manuals for her clients .
Active in her church and civic activities, Diane enjoys spending her free time traveling and playing with her grandsons and her Yorkshire terriers.
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Introduction
Welcome to the world of Paint Shop Pro 8.
First, let me say that I'm not a graphics or digital artist. In fact, I'm not any type of artist. I'm a teacher, and I've written this book with the thought in mind that most of us are not graphics artists . We're simply computer users who want to use our computer to create amazing graphics images. Paint Shop Pro 8 can help you create such graphics.
However, creating terrific graphics is not just a matter of drawing something on your screen. It's many steps put together. Most images are created out of several different objectseach with its own special effectand then assembled to create the final image. Sound complicated? I thought so at first, but it's really not; in fact, the Paint Shop Pro application makes it simple. This book, Paint Shop Pro 8 Fast & Easy , takes you through each process one step at a time.
Fast & Easy guides use a step-by-step approach and are written in an easy-to-understand common lingo. Each step is accompanied by a visual representation of your screen so that you can follow along and make sure you are on the right track.
This book is divided into four parts including three appendixes. In Part I, "Getting Started with the Basics," I show you how to control the tools that are used to create the basic objects. Although it's not the most exciting part of the book, it's certainly the most practical. Look out then! Things start to be lots of fun! In Parts II, "Working with Raster Graphics," and III, "Using Vector Graphics & Text," you learn how to assemble the objects and add special effects as well as the basics of creating graphics elements for publication to the Web. Part IV, "Special Photo Projects," includes steps for a couple of particular photographic projects such as removing red eye from photos. Finally, the appendixes show you how to save time with Paint Shop Pro keystroke shortcuts, list Web sites you can go to for cool Paint Shop Pro accessories, and present examples of just a few of the wonderful special effects.
Through this book, you learn how to create images, but what you create is up to you! Your imagination is the only limit to what you can do with the images after that. This book cannot begin to teach you everything you can do with Paint Shop Pro 8, nor will it give you all the different ways to accomplish a task. What I have tried to do is give you the fastest and easiest way to get started with this fun and exciting graphics program.
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