How This Book Is Organized

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How This Book Is Organized

Paint Shop Pro 8 Power! is divided into 12 chapters and 5 appendixes, and also has a section of color plates:

  • Chapter 1 , "Basic Drawing and Painting Tools." This chapter focuses on the Paint Brush, Airbrush, Eraser, and Preset Shapes tools. You'll also take a first look at the Pen tool and the Text tool.

  • Chapter 2 , "More Painting Tools." In this chapter, you'll take a look at some of the other painting tools, including the Eye Dropper and Color Replacer tools, the Picture Tube tool (which enables you to paint with ready-made pictures), and the Flood Fill tool. You'll also take a first look at the Clone Brush, Warp Brush, and Mesh Warp tools.

  • Chapter 3 , "Being Selective." Being able to isolate parts of an image and modify only those parts makes many image editing tasks easier. This chapter shows you how to do just that, using Paint Shop Pro's selection tools.

  • Chapter 4 , "Mastering Layers and Blend Modes." In this chapter, you'll learn about the power of layers. Layers let you manipulate part of a complex image while leaving the rest untouched. Layers enable you to easily blend one image into another and to produce many effects that would be difficult or close to impossible to do without layers.

  • Chapter 5 , "Mastering Selections, Masks, and Channels." Masks enable you to modify transparency on other layers without actually affecting the data on those layers. In this chapter, you'll discover the power of masks, and you'll also explore some advanced selection techniques.

  • Chapter 6 , "Working with Vectors." Drawing with vectors allows you to deform a shape or change its attributes again and again, all without degrading image quality in the least. Discover how vectors can help you create great drawings that you can change easily whenever you like.

  • Chapter 7 , "Paint Shop Pro 8 Effects." Paint Shop Pro 8 has many built-in special effects. This chapter catalogs them all and gives an in-depth look at some of the most useful and powerful effects.

  • Chapter 8 , "Photo Editing and Enhancement." Now that scanners and digital cameras are becoming more affordable, the number of people needing the digital equivalent of a darkroom is on the rise. Paint Shop Pro fits the bill by providing you with a wide range of photo editing tools and filters. In this chapter, you'll learn how to edit and enhance your photos.

  • Chapter 9 , "Web Tools." Paint Shop Pro has lots of tools for the Web graphics designer, including built-in Web optimizers, an image slicer, and an image map utility. In this chapter, you'll learn about these and more.

  • Chapter 10 , "Tricks and Techniques." This chapter features a potpourri of advanced techniques. Create dynamic Web graphics, striking text effects, digital drawings and paintings, and more.

  • Chapter 11 , "Adding to Your Toolkit." Paint Shop Pro comes with a large collection of textures, patterns, Picture Tubes, gradients, brushes, and other resource files. But why be limited to what's there already? In this chapter, you'll learn how to create your own resource files.

  • Chapter 12 , "Scripting." One of the most powerful new additions in Paint Shop Pro 8 is its scripting engine. Scripts enable you to record a series of operations and play them again whenever you need to. You can also write scripts that do much more than just replay a set of operations. In this chapter, you'll begin to explore the power of scripts.

  • Appendix A , "Paint Shop Pro 8 Menus, Toolbars, and Palettes." This appendix includes illustrations of Paint Shop Pro's basic interface elements.

  • Appendix B , "Configuring Paint Shop Pro 8." This appendix outlines the various ways in which you can make Paint Shop Pro work the way you want it to.

  • Appendix C , "Adjusting Color Depth." In this appendix, the issue of color depth and the fine points of adjusting an image's color depth are examined.

  • Appendix D , "Printing." This appendix gives a brief discussion of printing your images.

  • Appendix E , "Resources." This appendix lists a few online resources for Paint Shop Pro.

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Paint Shop Pro 8 Power
Paint Shop Pro 8 Power!
ISBN: B001QCXEI6
EAN: N/A
Year: 2006
Pages: 125
Authors: Lori J. Davis

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