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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PART I THE BASICS 5 CHAPTER 1 OPENING VIEWING MANAGING AND SAVING IMAGE FILES 7 CHAPTER 2 GETTING BIGGER SMALLER AND TURNED AROUND 29 CHAPTER 3 SELECTING PARTS OF AN IMAGE 39 CHAPTER 4 MOVING COPYING AND RESHAPING PARTS OF YOUR IMAGE 59 PART II PRETTYING UP PHOTOGRAPHS 73 CHAPTER 5 CAPTURING PICTURES FROM PAPER CAMERA OR SCREEN 75 CHAPTER 6 FIXING BROKEN PICTURES REMOVING SCRATCHES BLURRY PARTS AND RED EYE 99 CHAPTER 7 ADJUSTING YOUR PICTURE S BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST AND COLOR 115 CHAPTER 8 HEAVY DUTY PHOTO ALTERATIONS ADDING PEOPLE AND REMOVING ZITS 131 PART III PAINTING PICTURES 147 CHAPTER 9 BASIC PAINTING SPRAYING AND FILLING 149 CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED PAINTING FOR THE ARTISTE 173 CHAPTER 11 LAYERING IMAGES 201 CHAPTER 12 ADDING LAYERS OF TEXT OR SHAPES 221 CHAPTER 13 ADDING ARTSY EFFECTS 241 PART IV TAKING IT TO THE STREET 261 CHAPTER 14 PRINTING 263 CHAPTER 15 CREATING WEB FRIENDLY IMAGES 273 PART V THE PART OF TENS 283 CHAPTER 16 TEN PERPLEXING PROBLEMS 285 CHAPTER 17 TEN FAST FIXES FOR PHOTO FAILURES 293 CHAPTER 18 TEN TOPICS A LITTLE TOO ADVANCED FOR THE REST OF THIS BOOK 303 INTRODUCTION C ONGRATULATIONS BRILLIANT PERSON THAT YOU ARE YOU USE PAINT SHOP PRO THOUSANDS OF OTHER BRILLIANT PEOPLE ALSO USE PAINT SHOP PRO AND FOR ONE INTELLIGENT REASON IT DOES DARNED NEAR ANYTHING YOU COULD WANT IT TO DO FROM FIXING PHOTOGRAPHS TO ANIMATING WEB GRAPHICS AND UNLIKE CERTAIN MORE FAMOUS PROGRAMS IT DOESN T SET YOU BACK A WEEK S SALARY GUIDED BY THAT SAME INTELLIGENCE YOU RE PROBABLY ASKING YOURSELF IS A BOOK AVAILABLE THAT GIVES ME WHAT I WANT QUICKLY WITHOUT DRAGGING ME THROUGH A TUTORIAL ONE WITH AN ATTRACTIVE YELLOW AND BLACK COVER SO THAT IT DOESN T GET LOST IN THE CLUTTER ON MY DESK PREFERABLY CHEAP WELCOME TO PAINT SHOP PRO 9 FOR DUMMIES THE ATTRACTIVE INEXPENSIVE YELLOW AND BLACK BOOK THAT LETS YOU GET GREAT GRAPHICS OUT OF PAINT SHOP PRO WITHOUT MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE YOU RE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN AN ATTRACTIVE YELLOW AND BLACK SCHOOL BUS WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS BOOK BOOKS ARE USEFUL ELEVATING THINGS MANY PEOPLE USE THEM TO ELEVATE THEIR PC MONITORS FOR EXAMPLE WITH THAT FATE IN MIND THIS BOOK HAS BEEN CREATED TO SERVE AN EVEN HIGHER PURPOSE TO ENABLE YOU TO DO THE KIND OF GRAPHICS STUFF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO HERE S A SMATTERING OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE HELP OF THIS BOOK DOWNLOAD PHOTOS FROM A DIGITAL CAMERA FIX UP FUZZY POORLY EXPOSED OR ICKY COLORED PHOTOS PRINT ALBUM PAGES OR OTHER COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOS PAINT DRAW OR LETTER IN ALL KINDS OF COLORS PATTERNS AND TEXTURES PAINT LIKE YOU RE USING OIL PAINTS AND CANVAS DRAW USING LINES AND SHAPES THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND CHANGE LATER APPLY COOL SPECIAL EFFECTS TO PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS CHANGE COLORS OF OBJECTS COMBINE PHOTOS WITH OTHER IMAGES ALTER THE CONTENT OF PHOTOS AND OTHER IMAGES REMOVE UNWANTED RELATIVES FROM FAMILY PHOTOS ADD WANTED RELATIVES TO WANTED POSTERS RETOUCH UNSIGHTLY RELATIVES ON WANTED POSTERS CREATE TRANSPARENT AND OTHER WEB PAGE GRAPHICS IS THIS THE BOOK FOR YOU IS THIS THE PAINT SHOP PRO BOOK FOR YOU IT DEPENDS IF LIKE US YOU TEND TO LEAVE CHOCOLATE FINGERPRINTS FROM YOUR BOOKSTORE BISCOTTI ON THE BOOKS YOU RE BROWSING IT S DEFINITELY YOURS NOW IN ADDITION THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF YOU FIND MOST COMPUTER BOOKS BORING OR USELESS YOU NEED SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN LESSONS YOU FIND PARTS OF PAINT SHOP PRO 9 CONFUSING YOU HAVEN T EVER DONE MUCH WITH GRAPHICS PROGRAMS YOU HAVE USED OTHER WINDOWS PROGRAMS YOU NEED PAINT SHOP PRO FOR BUSINESS OR HOME USE YOU REALLY LIKE BULLETED LISTS HOW IS THIS BOOK ORGANIZED COMPUTER SOFTWARE MANUALS DOCUMENT FEATURES BECAUSE THAT S THE EASIEST WAY TO WRITE ONE THE FILE MENU PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING CHOICES IF FEA TURES ON THE FILE MENU EXACTLY MATCHED WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND THAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT HOW ARE YOU TO KNOW TO USE THE CLONE BRUSH TOOL WHEN WHAT YOU RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS THE FIX UNCLE DAVE S HAIR TRANSPLANT SCARS TOOL SOME COMPUTER BOOKS ARE ORGANIZED INTO LESSONS AND TEACH YOU HOW FEATURES WORK THEY GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF BASIC TASKS AND THEN MORE COMPLICATED ONES ALONG THE WAY HOPEFULLY BEFORE TOO LONG YOU FIND AN EXAMPLE THAT RESEMBLES WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED BY DIFFERENT KINDS OF TASKS LIKE WORKING WITH PHOTOS OR PAINTING PICTURES OR ADDING TEXT WHEREVER POSSIBLE THIS BOOK TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO IN NUMBERED STEPS WHEREVER THAT S NOT POSSIBLE IT GIVES YOU EXPLANATIONS OF HOW THINGS WORK IN NONTECHNICAL LANGUAGE YOU DON T HAVE TO READ THE BOOK IN ANY ORDER JUST SKIP TO THE SECTION OR CHAP TER YOU NEED GO RIGHT TO THE INDEX IF YOU LIKE OR THE RICH TENNANT CARTOONS IN DETAIL THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION 2 INTRODUCTION PART I THE BASICS THIS PART PUTS YOU IN THE PICTURE AND PUTS YOUR PICTURE IN PAINT SHOP PRO CHAPTER 1 PUTS YOU IN THE PICTURE BY EXPLAINING HOW TO EFFICIENTLY FIND OPEN AND MANAGE ALL YOUR GRAPHICS FILES DEAL WITH THE PECULIARITIES OF DIFFERENT GRAPHICS FILE TYPES AND EVEN CONVERT FILE TYPES EN MASSE CHAPTER 2 SHOWS YOU HOW TO GET THINGS ORIENTED AND SIZED THEY WAY YOU WANT CHAPTER 3 SHOWS YOU ALL THE PAINT SHOP PRO TRICKS FOR SELECTING EXACTLY THE AREA OF INTEREST YOU WANT TO WORK ON COPY MOVE OR OTHERWISE ENHANCE CHAPTER 4 GIVES YOU BASIC EDITING TRICKS HOW TO COPY MOVE BEND AND RESIZE PORTIONS OF YOUR IMAGE PART II PRETTYING UP PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN YOU HAVE AN IMAGE THAT NEEDS SOME SPRUCING UP PART II IS THE PLACE TO TURN CHAPTER 5 SHOWS YOU HOW TO GET THE IMAGE YOU WANT INTO PAINT SHOP PRO IN THE FIRST PLACE WHETHER IT S A PHOTOGRAPH A PRINT OR ON YOUR PC SCREEN CHAPTER 6 SHOWS YOU HOW TO USE THE PAINT SHOP PRO HAND TOOLS TO BRUSH AWAY WRINKLES FROM PORTRAITS FIX SCRATCHES AND REMOVE RED EYE CHAPTER 7 GIVES YOU NEARLY INSTANT WAYS TO CORRECT OVERALL PHOTO EXPOSURE PROBLEMS SUCH AS BAD EXPOSURE POOR COLOR OR DIM GRAYISH IMAGES CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO SERIOUS ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE QUALITY AND CONTENT THIS PART IS YOUR EXTREME MAKEOVER PART NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE PART DAVE USES FOR HIS COMB OVER PART III PAINTING PICTURES PART III IS FOR ANYONE WHO PLANS TO PAINT DRAW OR OTHERWISE DOODLE IN PAINT SHOP PRO CHAPTER 9 GETS YOU PAINTING SPRAYING ERASING AND OTHERWISE DOING ALL THOSE BASIC THINGS THAT EVERYDAY FOLKS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH GRAPH ICS SOFTWARE FOR YEARS CHAPTER 10 IS FOR THOSE WHO LONG FOR SOME SERIOUS SUPPORT FOR THE DIGITAL ARTIST BY GIVING YOU WAYS TO GET PRECISELY THE COLOR TEXTURE OR PATTERN YOU NEED CHAPTER 10 ALSO INTRODUCES THE NEW PAINT SHOP PRO ART MEDIA TOOLS THE CLOSEST THING TO PAINT AND CANVAS THIS SIDE OF THE DIGI TAL DIVIDE CHAPTER 11 SHOWS YOU HOW TO DIVIDE IMAGES INTO LAYERS OR USE LAYERS TO COMBINE IMAGES LAYERS ARE A POWERFUL TOOL THAT MAKE LATER EDITING MUCH EASIER AND PRODUCE STUNNING IMAGE OVERLAYS CHAPTER 12 LETS YOU ADD LAYERS OF EASILY EDITED TEXT AND SHAPES TO YOUR IMAGE BY USING THE PAINT SHOP PRO VECTOR GRAPHICS TOOLS CHAPTER 13 SHOWS YOU HOW TO ADD ARTSY EFFECTS TO YOUR WORK PART IV TAKING IT TO THE STREET ALL THIS FOOLING AROUND IN PAINT SHOP PRO IS GREAT BUT IN THE END YOU PROBABLY WANT YOUR IMAGE TO APPEAR SOMEWHERE ELSE ON A PIECE OF PAPER ON THE WEB 3 INTRODUCTION