Corel PaintShop Pro - 8.0 User Manual

Paint Shop Pro User Guide

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Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2 Getting to Know The Program . . . . . . . . . . 11

What’s New in Version 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Learning Paint Shop Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Starting and Exiting Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Exploring the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using Toolbars and Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Viewing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Viewing Image Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Working with Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Shortcut and Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 3 Getting Images into Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . 29

Opening Existing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Creating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Importing Images from Digital Cameras and Scanners. . . . . . . . 38

Capturing Images from the Computer Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the Paint Shop Pro Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Saving Image Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Chapter 4 Improving Photographs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Basic Steps in Improving Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

How to Approach Color, Contrast, and Saturation Adjustments . 53

Improving Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Improving Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Improving Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing Source Defects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing Image Defects and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Correcting Image Distortions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Retouching Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Improving Image Clarity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Chapter 5 Working with Colors and Materials . . . . . . . 81

Using the Materials Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Understanding Color and Color Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

How Monitor and Print Colors Differ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Working with Color Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Understanding Color Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Working with Image Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Making a Palette Color Transparent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Chapter 6 Editing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Deleting Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Using Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Repeating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Using Rulers, Grids, and Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Cropping Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Resizing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Changing Canvas Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Rotating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Scaling and Transforming Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Correcting Image Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Warping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Adding Borders to Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Flipping and Mirroring Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Combining Two Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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Chapter 7 Making Selections in Images . . . . . . . . . . 153

Using the Selection Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Using Edit Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Working with Standard and Floating Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Adjusting Selection Borders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Modifying Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Moving Selections within an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Converting a Selection into a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Creating Custom Patterns from Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Saving and Loading Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Chapter 8 Making Color and Tonal Corrections . . . . 181

Key Points to Know Before Making Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . 182

How Corrections Relate to Color Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Adjusting the Color Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Adjusting Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Replacing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Reducing or Removing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Using the Histogram to Analyze Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

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Chapter 9 Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Painting with the Paint Brush or Airbrush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Creating Brush Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Setting Brush and Paint Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Warping Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Cloning Parts of Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Retouching Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Filling Areas with Colors, Gradients, Patterns, or Textures . . . 222

Replacing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Painting with Picture Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

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Chapter 10 Drawing and Editing Objects. . . . . . . . . . . 227

About Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Creating New Preset Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Creating Custom Line Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Editing Vector Object Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Aligning and Arranging Vector Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Resizing and Reshaping Vector Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Editing Paths and Contours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Adding and Closing Contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Editing Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Chapter 11 Working with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

About Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Using the Layer palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Adding New Layers to Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Editing Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Modifying Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Using Adjustment Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Chapter 12 Working with Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

About Masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Creating Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Editing Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Saving Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Loading Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Deleting Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Chapter 13 Working with Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Creating Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Moving Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Scaling and Transforming Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Applying Effects to Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Creating Text with Image Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Creating Text on Object Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Converting Text to Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

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Chapter 14 Applying Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Choosing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Adding Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Adding Picture Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Mathematically Combining Two Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Creating Your Own Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Chapter 15 Using the Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Sending Images via E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Uploading Images to a Photo Sharing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Previewing Images in a Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Mapping Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Creating Image Rollovers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Slicing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Saving Images for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Using Digital Watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Chapter 16 Printing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Before Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Choosing Printing Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Printing a Single Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Printing Multiple Images on a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Printing Images Using a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Printing Images from the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Printing with CMYK Color Separations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Chapter 17 Automating Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Scripting Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Recording and Saving a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Running a Saved Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Stopping or Undoing a Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

About BoundScripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

About Protected Script Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Editing Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Using and Creating Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Processing Multiple Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Renaming Multiple Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

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Chapter 18 Customizing Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Setting General Program Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Resetting Application Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Using Custom Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Setting File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Setting File Format Associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Setting Autosave Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Setting File Format Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Customizing Toolbars and Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Setting Other View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Adjusting Monitor Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

CHAPTER 1

Getting Started

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 is the most complete, easy-to- use software for professional digital imaging results. Combining a unique set of automatic and precision photo editing and graphic design tools with an integrated learning system, Paint Shop Pro helps you deliver superior results with power and ease. It’s your complete solution for print and Web.

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What’s New in Version 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Learning Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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What’s New in Version 8

Paint Shop Pro version 8 includes many new and improved features to make photo enhancements and image editing easier and more powerful.

Enhanced User Interface

A New Look Paint Shop Pro includes new icons, palettes, and menu

displays to make using the software more intuitive. Enhanced Tool options The Tool Options palette is now fully

dockable, streamlined, and much more intuitive. Enhanced Materials The Materials palette (formerly the Color

palette) includes easy-to-use controls for selecting colors, patterns, gradients, and textures.

Enhanced Tools toolbar The tools on the Tools toolbar are grouped into related categories organized on flyouts.

Enhanced Layer palette The Layer palette allows you to better manage and view image data.

Integrated Learning Tools

Learning Center Window Get started quickly with the new Lear n i n g

Cente r window that guides you around Paint Shop Pro. Try out new Quick Guides that lead you through a variety of common projects to help you get up and running fast.

Product Tour Familiarize yourself with Paint Shop Pro by viewing the all-new Product Tour. Nearly 50 topics show you the many results you can achieve using Paint Shop Pro for all of your photo and graphics projects.

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New Tools to Create Professional Results

Background Eraser Brush Use the new Background Eraser brush to

select a colored area of the image and replace it with transparency. Warp Brush Create fun or dramatic effects by altering your photos.

Stretch, pull, push, tug, or swirl to create unlimited effects. Straighten Tool Align crooked photos. Simply draw a horizontal or

vertical line specifying the direction in which to align the image. Enhanced Deform Tool The new handles are easier to use. Use the

tool to scale, shear, distort, rotate, and apply perspective to images. Enhanced Painting Engine Enjoy better photo retouching with

greater precision and smoother blending of brush strokes. Enhanced Retouch Brushes All of the retouch brushes that were

formerly part of the Retouch tool are now separate brushes. For example, use the Dodge brush to lighten images and bring out details, use the Burn brush to darken areas of images, or use the Saturation brush to increase or decrease the saturation.

Enhanced Crop Tool Choose from preset crop sizes, such as 4 x 6 or 8 x 10. This tool now also provides aspect ratio control to make it even easier to achieve the perfect crop.

Enhanced Selections New Edge Seeker mode adds more

intelligence as the Freehand Selection tool automatically seeks an edge between mouse click points along an object. You also have a wide choice of ways to modify selections, such as removing holes and specks and adding an inside feather.

Versatile Tablet Options Explore your freedom and creativity with additional options for pen tablets—vary the color, density, opacity, rotation, size, and thickness of brush strokes based on pressure, tilt, altitude, and more.

Layer Groups Place layers in layer groups to organize the Layer palette, apply settings (such as opacity) to all layers within a group, and have mask and adjustment layers affect only layers within the group (rather than all underlying layers).

Mask Layers Masks are now separate layers rather than attributes of other layers. Mask layers mask all image data below them at the same level.

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New Filters and Special Effects

Black and White Points Feature Set the overall tonal range of

photographs and bring out image detail without losing information. Lens Distortion Correction Quickly correct images that have

pincushion, barrel, or fisheye distortions. Balls and Bubbles Have fun creating realistic transparent bubbles

with full control over the reflection.

Halftone Create a trendy dot representation of a photograph. Soft Focus Create your own “glamorous shot.” Magnifying Lens Draw focus to an area of the image. This effect

simulates placing a lens on the image. Enjoy full control over lighting, reflection, optical distortions, and magnification strength.

Lens Distortion Simulate many lens distortion effects, such as fisheye, barrel, or pincushion.

Offset Precisely define where an image wraps when creating seamless patterns.

Seamless Tiling Professionally prepare high-quality seamless patterns and tiled images.

Share Images with Others

Enhanced Print Layout Use a variety of preset printing templates

designed to offer common page layouts and commercial papers, such as 3 x 5’s, 4 x 6’s, and business cards. Create and save your own custom templates to reuse or share with others.

More File Types Now Paint Shop Pro supports even more file types, such as new JPEG 2000 and PDF, as well as Wireless Bitmap (WBMP).

EXIF Photo Information View detailed EXIF photo information from digital cameras, including date, time, resolution, f-stop, ISO speed, and more. Information is preserved when you save the images in Paint Shop Pro (.PspImage), JPEG, and TIFF file formats.

Windows Image Architecture (WIA) Support Easily import images directly from many digital cameras and scanners using the WIA interface (available only when using Windows ME or XP).

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Automated Productivity

Presets Create and save custom presets for all filters and effects.

Use the presets to recreate a specific look or to share with others. Brush Presets Paint with creative brush effects such as crayon,

charcoal, pencil, and more, designed to provide realistic painting effects. Choose from many artistic presets or create, save, and share your own.

Scripts Use the new scripts feature to repeat any series of commands or steps on any image. Choose from dozens of preset scripts or record your own custom series of steps to save and replay or share with others. Modify your scripts using a text editor.

Enhanced Batch Processing Save time and maximize your processing power with many new enhancements to Batch Processing, such as the ability to rename files and apply a script to a series of images in a folder.

New File Extensions Many of Paint Shop Pro’s native formats have new file extensions that make them easier to recognize. Images are .PspImage files; gradients are .PspGradient files; masks are .PspMask files, and so on. Paint Shop Pro version 8 also reads file formats from previous versions of the software.

Dynamic Personalization

Customizing the User Interface Adapt your workspace to the way

you work. Drag and drop any feature, special effect, filter, and tool anywhere on the interface - wherever you want. Place menu items and tools you frequently use on a floating or docked toolbar that you create. You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts, and customize the menus.

Enhanced Workspaces Once you have everything set up just the way you like it, save your workspace - or multiple workspaces. This is perfect if you share a computer with others because each person can have their own personalized workspace that loads instantly and saves time otherwise spent moving things around.

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System Requirements

Before you install this program, make sure that your computer meets or exceeds these requirements:

 Windows® 98 / NT4 SP6a / 2000 / ME / XP  Pentium® or comparable processor  128 MB RAM  200 MB free disk space  16-bit display adapter at 800 x 600 resolution  Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later

Installing the Software

Before you install the program, close any programs or applications that you have running on your computer.

To install the software:

1 Insert the Paint Shop Pro CD in your CD-ROM drive. The

installation program starts automatically.

Note: If the installation program does not start automatically, double-click the My Computer icon, and then double-click on the CD-ROM icon. When the window opens displaying the contents of the CD-ROM, double-click Setup.exe.

2 Follow the prompts to install the program.

Learning Paint Shop Pro

Learn Paint Shop Pro in a variety of ways: follow the Quick Guides, view the Product Tour, or use the Help system.

Using the Quick Guides to Learn Common Tasks

Quick Guides are short, fast tutorials that guide you through new tasks and projects using your own image. Perform each step yourself, or have the program show you where to find the tools needed to complete the task.

To use Quick Guides:

1 Choose View > Palettes > Learning Center or press F10 to open the

Learning Center window.

2 Click the title of a Quick Guide to view the selected topic.

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Viewing the Product Tour

Watch the movies in the Product Tour to see the new tools and features in action. The product tour even links to the Help file and the Quick Guides.

To view the Product Tour:

1 In the Windows desktop, click the Start button and choose

Programs. The Programs pop-out menu appears to the right.

2 Choose Jasc Software - Jasc Paint Shop Pro to open Paint Shop

Pro.

3 Choose Help > Product Tour.

When you are finished viewing the Product Tour, click Start Using Paint Shop Pro to return to the main program window.

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Using the Jasc Software Learning Center

The Jasc Software Learning Center shows you how to use Paint Shop Pro’s features to create amazing photographic enhancements and sophisticated graphics. Jasc and third-party tutorials walk you through the steps for everything from restoring old photographs to creating metallic text.

To access the Jasc Software Learning Center, browse to www.jasc.com/learncenter.asp. Or, go to Jasc.com, click the

Support tab and select Learning Center.

Getting in Touch with Other Paint Shop Pro Users

Millions of people use and love Paint Shop Pro. There are many independent (non-Jasc) Paint Shop Pro communities where users share tips and tricks, ask questions, and get answers about Paint Shop Pro. There are Websites, newsgroups, and chatrooms devoted to Paint Shop Pro. As a starting point, search online for “Paint Shop Pro.”

Getting Help

One popular newsgroup is the Usenet newsgroup, comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro, which you can access using your favorite news reader.

With Paint Shop Pro, you have many options for getting help with the software: you can use the Help system, contact Jasc Technical Support, check out our web-based resources, or refer to the README.html file that was installed with Paint Shop Pro for the latest information about the software.

Using the Help System

Paint Shop Pro’s Help system complements this user guide. To use help, choose Help > Contents and Index or press F1.

Most dialogs also have a Help button; click it to display contextsensitive help.

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Accessing Free Technical Support

When you buy Paint Shop Pro, you have free access to Jasc’s staf f of technical support personnel. Contact us to get assistance in any of the following ways:

US / Canada Contact Method Address or Number

Call Technical Support 952-930-9171

Technical Support on the Web www.jasc.com/custcare/support.asp

Fax Technical Support 952-930-9172

Call Customer Service

Go to the Jasc Website www.jasc.com

International Contact Method

Find your local country contact details on the Web

International e-mail intl@jasc.com

Call International Customer Service (English Only)

Fax International Customer Service

800-622-2793 (8am - 5pm CST, Monday - Friday)

Address or Number

www.jasc.com/world

+1- 952-930-9800 (8am - 5pm GMT-6:00, Monday - Friday)

+1- 952-930-9172

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Using Web-Based Resources

On the Help menu of Paint Shop Pro, you can access a number of Website pages dedicated to support issues. Choose Help > Jasc

Software Online and select one of the following Website links: Jasc Software Website Visit www.jasc.com to preview or buy the

latest Jasc products, access the Learning Center or the Support Center, and find answers to your questions.

Support Center Access the Jasc Customer Care Center to search for answers in our Knowledge Base, submit questions to Technical Support, or give us feedback.

Check for Updates Check the Jasc.com Website for updates to Paint Shop Pro.

E-mail Technical Support Send an e-mail message to Technical Support.

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Getting to Know The Program

The Paint Shop Pro workspace includes menus, tools, and palettes that you can use to create and edit images. Navigate this workspace to accomplish your painting, drawing, and photo editing tasks.

Contents

Starting and Exiting Paint Shop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Exploring the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using Toolbars and Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Viewing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Viewing Image Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Working with Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Shortcut and Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Starting and Exiting Paint Shop Pro

To start Paint Shop Pro:

 If you chose to place the Paint Shop Pro icon on your desktop

during installation, you can start the program by double-clicking this icon.

 If you chose not to place the Paint Shop Pro icon on your

desktop, start the program by clicking the Start button and choosing Programs > Jasc Software > Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8.

The first time you start Paint Shop Pro, the program displays the File Format Associations dialog. This dialog lets you assign file formats to the program so that your computer always uses Paint Shop Pro to open files in those formats. You can change associations at any time by choosing the File > Preferences > File Format Associations menu commands. For more information, see “Setting File Format Associations” on page 407.

To exit paint Shop Pro:

 Click the close button in the upper right-hand corner of the

program window.

 Click the Paint Shop Pro icon in the upper left-hand corner of the

title bar and choose Close.

Note: If you have any images that need to be saved, Paint Shop

Pro displays a messages asking if you want to save the images before closing the program.

Exploring the User Interface

When you open Paint Shop Pro, it displays the main program window. This window is your work area. It contains the commands and tools used to create, edit, print, and export your images.

The Paint Shop Pro workspace includes the following components: Menu bar The menu bar displays commands for performing tasks.

Menus are organized by topic. For example, the Effects menu contains commands for applying effects to images.

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Save time by saving workspaces

Did you know that you can save entire workspaces, not just images? The workspace includes open images and their magnifications and screen positions, as well as positions and preferences of palettes, toolbars, dialogs, and windows.

For more information, see “Using Custom Workspaces” on page 401.

Toolbars The toolbars display buttons for common commands. See “Using Toolbars” on page 15.

Palettes The palettes display information and help you select tools, modify options, manage layers, select colors, and perform other editing tasks. See “Using Palettes” on page 16.

Status bar The Status bar displays text about the selected tool or menu command as well as image information, including the dimensions and color depth. See “Viewing Image Information” on page 24.

Browser Displays thumbnail previews of image files. You can open, delete, copy, and perform other file commands in the Browser. For more information, see “Using the Paint Shop Pro Browser” on page 43.

Print Layout window Displays a page on which you can arrange and size multiple images, and then print the images. For more information, see “Printing Multiple Images on a Page” on page 360.

Tools toolbar

Title bar

Standard toolbar

Menu bar

Image

Script toolbar

Tool Options palette

Browser (minimized)

Status bar

Overview palette

Materials palette

Learning Center palette

Layer palette

Script Output palette

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Using Toolbars and Palettes

You can dock, float, move and resize both palettes and toolbars.

Docked and floating Materials palette

To dock a toolbar or palette:

 Drag its title bar to one edge of the workspace. The toolbar or

palette snaps into place.

 Double-click its title bar.

To float a toolbar or palette:

 Drag the handle to move the toolbar or palette away from the

edge of the workspace.

Note: The drag handle size and position will vary depending on the size of the palette and whether the palette is vertical or horizontal.

 Double-click its title bar.

To move an undocked toolbar or palette:

Drag its title bar to a new position.

To resize a toolbar or palette:

Click and drag the sides or corners of a toolbar or palette to change its size.

To display all toolbars and palettes:

Press Ctrl + Shift +T. Note

 To hide a specific palette, click the close button on its title bar.  Press and hold Ctrl while dragging a palette to prevent it from

docking.

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Using Toolbars

The toolbars display buttons for the most common tasks. Position the cursor over a button to display a ToolTip with its name. The Status bar displays more information about the command.

Status bar

The Status bar displays text about the selected tool or menu command, as well as image information including the dimensions, color depth, and cursor position. For more information, see “Viewing Image Information” on page 24.

Customizing toolbars

You can add and remove buttons from toolbars and create your own toolbars. For more information, see “Customizing Toolbars and Menus” on page 412.

Display or hide toolbars, or arrange them on the workspace. Dock a toolbar to snap it into place at an edge of a workspace, or to float it to move it anywhere on the screen.

Paint Shop Pro contains these toolbars: Standard toolbar Displays the most common commands, such as

saving images, undoing a command, and cutting items. Paint Shop Pro automatically displays this toolbar when you first run the program.

Tools toolbar Crop, paint, draw, type, and perform other image editing tasks. See “Using the Tools” on page 18.

Browser toolbar Displays commands for using the Paint Shop Pro Browser.

Effects toolbar Displays commands for applying effects to your images.

Photo toolbar Displays commands for enhancing photos. Script toolbar Displays commands for creating and running scripts. Web toolbar Displays commands for creating and saving images for

the Web.

To execute a toolbar command:

Click the command button. If the button is greyed out, it is not available.

Flyout menu displaying toolbars

To display or hide a toolbar:

Do either of the following:

 Choose View > Toolbars and choose the toolbar from the menu.  Right-click any toolbar or palette, choose Toolbars, and then

choose the toolbar from the context menu.

Note: To hide a specific toolbar or the palette, click the close button on its title bar.

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Using Palettes

Use palettes to choose tools and tool options, select colors, and manage layers. Display or hide palettes, or arrange them on the workspace. Dock a palette to snap it into place at an edge of a workspace, or to float it to move it anywhere on the screen.

Paint Shop Pro contains these palettes: Materials palette Select colors and materials for painting, drawing,

filling, and retouching. See “Using the Materials Palette” on page 82.

Tool Options palette Modify options for the currently selected tool. See “Setting Tool Options” on page 18.

Layers palette View, organize, and edit image layers. See “About Layers” on page 260.

Learning Center palette Displays tutorials for common tasks. See “Using the Quick Guides to Learn Common Tasks” on page 7.

Histogram palette Displays a graph of the distribution of red, green, blue, greyscale, hue, saturation, and lightness values in an image. Analyze the distribution of detail in the shadows, midtones, and highlights to decide how to make corrections. See “Using the Histogram to Analyze Images” on page 201.

Overview palette Displays a thumbnail view of the active image, as well as information about the image. See “Using the Overview Palette” on page 19.

Script Output palette Displays actions you take and the results of running scripts. See “About the Script Output Window” on page 379.

Brush Variance palette Sets additional brush options. This palette is particularly useful if you have a 4D mouse or a pressure-sensitive tablet. For example, you can vary the opacity of a brush stroke by applying pressure with the stylus. You can use some options with a mouse.

Flyout menu displaying pallets

Overview palette rolled-up

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To display or hide a palette:

Do one of the following:

 Choose View > Palette and choose the palette name.  Type the palette’s shortcut key (listed to the right of the name).  Right-click any palette and choose the palette name from the

context menu.

To set palette roll up options:

On a palette:

 Click to allow the palette to automatically roll-up.  Click to lock the palette open.

For information about setting palette locking preferences, see “Palettes Preferences” on page 396.

To set the docking preference of palettes:

Choose File > Preferences > General Program Preferences and click the Palettes tab of the dialog. In the Allow docking of group box, mark the check boxes of the palettes you want Paint Shop Pro to dock automatically when you drag them to the edge of the workspace.

Note

You can also open the Palettes tab of the Paint Shop Pro 8 Preferences dialog by right-clicking any toolbar or palette and choose Docking Options or by choosing View > Docking Options.

To resize a palette:

Click and drag a corner or an edge, or use the Minimize and Maximize buttons in the upper right corner.

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Using the Tools

Flyout menu displaying tools

Why some tools are inactive (greyed out)

Some tools work only on raster or vector layers. For example, the Paint Brush and Clone Brush work only on raster layers; the Object Selection tool works only on vector layers.

For information on raster and vector layers, see “About Layers” on page 260.

Use the Paint Shop Pro tools to crop, paint, draw, add text, and perform other image editing tasks. Select a tool by clicking its button on the Tools toolbar. A tool button with a small arrow on the right side includes several tools. Click the down-arrow to display a flyout menu, and then choose a tool.

T o view information about a tool, pause the cursor over it. A ToolT ip displays the tool name and shortcut key, and the Status bar displays hints for using the tool.

To use a tool:

1 Click its button on the Tools toolbar. For tools that share a flyout

with other tools, click the down-arrow next to the tool and select the tool.

2 Specify options using the Tool Options palette. See “Setting Tool

Options” below.

3 Use the tool on the image.

For information on moving, hiding, and displaying the T ools toolbar , see “Using Toolbars” on page 15.

Setting Tool Options

After you select a tool from the Tools toolbar, set its options in the T ool Options palette. Options include such settings as brush size and shape for painting tools and line width for drawing tools. By default, the palette is underneath the standard toolbar. The palette displays options grouped into bands, which you can minimize and drag within the palette. To display a minimized band, click its handle or right-facing arrow.

Here is an example of an un-docked Tool Options palette for the Paint Brush tool:

Set the options before you use the tool. You cannot edit settings in the Tool Options palette for brush strokes or objects you have already created.

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Although the items in the Tool Options palette depend upon the active tool, here are the common features:

Presets Scripts that save specific settings for a tool. For more information, see “Using and Creating Presets” on page 386.

Down-Arrow button Shows or hides additional options for the tool.

For information on moving, hiding, and displaying the Tool Options palette, see “Using Palettes” on page 16.

Using the Overview Palette

The Overview palette

A context menu on the Layer palette

Display the Overview palette to preview the entire active image or to view image information. The Overview palette displays a rectangle over the part of the image visible in the image window. To show other areas of the image, click and drag this rectangle.

The Overview palette contains two tabs: Preview Displays the image preview. The image updates after you

complete an action. Transparent areas of the image appear as white. Info Displays image status information including height and width,

color depth, memory used, cursor position, rotation, and other information.

Using Context Menus

Context menus provide quick access to commands specific to the active tool, selection, or palette.

Note

For a complete list of Context menus, choose View > Customize to open the Customize dialog. Click the Menu tab, and select a context menu from the Select context menu drop-down list.

To use a context menu:

1 Position the cursor over an image, an empty area of a palette, a

layer name on the Layers palette, a thumbnail in the Browser, or a toolbar.

2 Right-click to display the context menu. 3 Choose a command from the menu.

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Viewing Images

An image window

Does the image have a watermark?

If the image has an embedded watermark, a copyright symbol is displayed in front of its name. For more information on watermarks, see “Using Digital Watermarks” on page 351.

The image window displays your image. You can move or size the image window or open the same image in multiple image windows (for example, to see the image at different magnifications).

The title bar at the top of the image window shows the file name and the magnification percentage. An asterisk after the filename indicates the image has been modified since you last saved it.

T o see a thumbnail of the entire image, display the Overview palette. See “Using the Overview Palette” on page 19.

To move an image window:

Click and drag the title bar to move an image to a new position in the workspace.

To resize an image window:

Click an edge or a corner of the image window and drag it to a new position.

If the image is larger than the window, use the scrollbars to view another area of the image.

Note

When you resize an image window, you are changing the window only, not the image itself. To resize the image (make it larger or smaller), see “Resizing Images” on page 137.

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Did you know that you can save entire workspaces, not just images? The workspace includes open images, their magnifications and screen positions, as well as the positions of palettes, toolbars, and windows.

For more information, see “Using Custom Workspaces” on page 401.

To open multiple views of the same image:

Choose Window > New Window or press Shift + W. A new window opens with another view of the active image. When

you make changes in one window, the other is updated.

To arrange multiple windows:

Do either of the following:

 Choose Window > Cascade to display windows stacked and

cascading from the upper left to the lower right of the workspace.

 Choose Window > Tile Vertically or Window > Tile Horizontally to

display windows side by side vertically or horizontally. Windows are resized to fit within the workspace.

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To close an image window:

Do either of the following:

 T o close an active window, choose File > Close or click the Close

button on the title bar of the image.

 To close all windows, choose Window > Close All.

If there are any unsaved changes in the images, you will be prompted to save the files.

To see a list of all open windows:

Choose Window. All open windows display at the bottom of the Window menu in the order they were last viewed.

Navigating the View Area

When an image is too large to fit within its window, scroll bars appear on the bottom and right sides of the image.

To view another area of the image:

Do one of the following:

 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Pan tool , and then click and

drag in the image.

 Click and drag the horizontal or vertical scroll bar.  Press the arrow keys to move the image by small increments.  Display the Overview palette (choose View > Palettes >

Overview), and then drag the preview rectangle to a new position.

To fit the window to the image:

Choose Window > Fit to Image or press Ctrl + W.

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Magnifying and Reducing the View

Zooming in and out

Automatic resizing

By default, when you zoom in or out the image window is automatically resized to fit the image. To change this preference setting, see “View Preferences” on page 394.

Magnify the view of an image (zoom in) to view and edit image details or reduce the view (zoom out) to see the overall image. The title bar of the image window displays the zoom percentage.

To zoom in:

Do one of the following:

 Zoom with the mouse wheel, roll the optional wheel on your

mouse to zoom in or out quickly.

 On the T ools toolbar choose the Zoom tool (if necessary , click

the down-arrow next to the Pan tool), and then left-click the area you want to magnify. The view magnifies to the next preset percentage with each click, up to the maximum magnification of 5000%.

 Choose the Zoom tool or the Pan tool, and then in the Tool

Options palette select a zoom percentage or click the Zoom In By 1 Step or Zoom in by 5 Steps buttons.

 Choose View > Zoom In By 1 Step to magnify the view to the next

preset percentage.

 Choose View > Zoom In by 5 Steps to magnify the view by five

preset percentages.

To zoom out:

Do one of the following:

 On the T ools toolbar, select the Zoom tool (if necessary, click

the down-arrow next to the Pan tool) and then right-click the area you want to reduce. The view reduces to the previous preset percentage with each click, down to a minimum magnification of 1%.

 Choose the Zoom tool or the Pan tool, and then in the Tool

Options palette select a zoom percentage or click the Zoom Out By 1 Step or Zoom Out by 5 Steps buttons.

 Choose View > Zoom Out By 1 Step to reduce the view to the next

preset percentage.

 Choose View > Zoom Out by 5 Steps to reduce the view by five

preset percentages.

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