Picture Yourself Learning Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X4

Description

Harness the power of PaintShop Photo Pro X and discover all the fun and practical techniques that can be used to perfect photographs and create dynamic graphic elements. PICTURE YOURSELF LEARNING COREL PAINTSHOP PHOTO PRO X introduces the tools needed to correct and enhance photographs, beginning with the basics of working with toolbars, palettes, and rulers, and setting up your PaintShop Photo Pro X preferences. Once acquainted with the basic tools, readers will learn how to use layers to make brightness, hue, and color contrast adjustments; how resolution applies to their monitor, images, and prints; and how to use the various file and output functions. In addition to numerous retouching and repairing techniques, they'll discover how to use special effects to turn their photographs into works of art and create digital scrapbook pages and 3D images. In addition to the step-by-step instructions, tips, and notes, readers will find appendixes featuring PaintShop Photo Pro keyboard shortcuts and useful additional resources. This new edition is completely updated to cover all the new features of PaintShop Photo Pro X.

CONTENTS:

1. Getting Acquainted.

2. Working with Paint Shop Pro Photo Files.

3. Discovering Drawing Tools.

4. Making Selections.

5. Understanding Color.

6. Developing Layers.

7. Becoming More Organized.

8. Making Quick Fixes.

9. Manually Editing Images.

10.Adding Effects, Filters, and Deformations.

11.Constructing Vector Objects.

12.Editing Vector Objects.

13.Working with Text.

14.Printing and Distributing Images.

15.Creating Panoramas and 3-D Photos.

16.Making Digital Scrapbooks.

Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts.

Appendix B: Exploring Useful Web Sites.