Paint Shop Pro Introduction / Intermediate

Paint Shop Pro is a popular and powerful image editing application that allows you to create and modify graphics for your web pages and other documents. Aspect Training's course will focus on creating graphics from scratch as well as modifying existing graphics to achieve a variety of effects through the use of tools, colour manipulation, filters, masks and textures.

Course Topics:

Introducing Paint Shop ProThe Paint Shop Pro 9 screen
The Studio screen
Learning Centre
Guides
Customizing screen components
Menus/toolbars
Keyboard shortcuts
Palettes
Opening files
New files
Importing
Saving files
Resizing/resampling
Enlarging the canvas
Zoom
Overview palette
Special screen modes
Tabbing images
History palette
Reverting
Background/foreground colours
Swatches
FiltersUsing Filters
Filter Gallery
Creating filters
Getting images Web-readyImage formats
Exporting images for the Web
Image slicing
Image mapping
Photo Sharing
Rollovers
SelectionsSelections
Selection borders
Selection modes
Creating rectangular selections
Creating elliptical selections
Irregular selections
Selections based on colour
Inverting raster selections
Moving raster selections
Amending selection feathering
Selecting a colour range
Reusing selections
Selection additions/subtractions
Advanced selection operations
Vector selections
Grouping/ungrouping
Painting, drawing and textPainting with the Paint Brush tool
Real-world painting
Copying with the Clone brush
Replacing colour globally
Replacing colours manually
Using the Dropper tool
Retouching - an overview
Retouching images manually
Using the Background Eraser
Using the Airbrush tool
Filling with colours
Filling with images
Filling with gradients
Inserting patterns
Inserting text with the Text tool
Editing text
Advanced text use
Drawing with the Pen tool
Using the Picture Tube tool
Drawing with preset shapes
Editing preset shapes
Node editing - an overview
Selecting nodes
Node operations
Effects and photographic correctionsUsing effects
Effect Gallery
The Magnifying Lens
Tiling effects
3D effects
Correcting photographs
ScriptsGenerating and playing scripts
Editing scripts
DeformationsDeformations
Deformation Gallery
The Deform tool
The Perspective Correction tool
The Straighten tool
The Mesh Warp tool
The Warp brush
Layers, masks and color correctionsLayers
Adding new layers
Using teh Layers palette
Tips for using layers
Layers in action
Art Media layers
Masks
Layer masks
Selection masks
Image masks
Editing masks
Histogram adjustments
Framing
Cropping
Workspaces
Printing single images
Printing multiple images

Course Topics:

Introducing Paint Shop ProThe Paint Shop Pro 9 screen
The Studio screen
Learning Centre
Guides
Customizing screen components
Menus/toolbars
Keyboard shortcuts
Palettes
Opening files
New files
Importing
Saving files
Resizing/resampling
Enlarging the canvas
Zoom
Overview palette
Special screen modes
Tabbing images
History palette
Reverting
Background/foreground colours
Swatches
FiltersUsing Filters
Filter Gallery
Creating filters
Getting images Web-readyImage formats
Exporting images for the Web
Image slicing
Image mapping
Photo Sharing
Rollovers
SelectionsSelections
Selection borders
Selection modes
Creating rectangular selections
Creating elliptical selections
Irregular selections
Selections based on colour
Inverting raster selections
Moving raster selections
Amending selection feathering
Selecting a colour range
Reusing selections
Selection additions/subtractions
Advanced selection operations
Vector selections
Grouping/ungrouping
Painting, drawing and textPainting with the Paint Brush tool
Real-world painting
Copying with the Clone brush
Replacing colour globally
Replacing colours manually
Using the Dropper tool
Retouching - an overview
Retouching images manually
Using the Background Eraser
Using the Airbrush tool
Filling with colours
Filling with images
Filling with gradients
Inserting patterns
Inserting text with the Text tool
Editing text
Advanced text use
Drawing with the Pen tool
Using the Picture Tube tool
Drawing with preset shapes
Editing preset shapes
Node editing - an overview
Selecting nodes
Node operations
Effects and photographic correctionsUsing effects
Effect Gallery
The Magnifying Lens
Tiling effects
3D effects
Correcting photographs
ScriptsGenerating and playing scripts
Editing scripts
DeformationsDeformations
Deformation Gallery
The Deform tool
The Perspective Correction tool
The Straighten tool
The Mesh Warp tool
The Warp brush
Layers, masks and color correctionsLayers
Adding new layers
Using teh Layers palette
Tips for using layers
Layers in action
Art Media layers
Masks
Layer masks
Selection masks
Image masks
Editing masks
Histogram adjustments
Framing
Cropping
Workspaces
Printing single images
Printing multiple images