Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

by Diane Koers

Overview

Harness the power of Paint Shop Pro Photo and discover all the fun and practical techniques you can use to perfect your photographs and create dynamic graphic elements. "Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2" introduces you to the tools you need to correct and enhance photographs, beginning with the basics of working with toolbars, palettes, and rulers, and setting up your Paint Shop Pro Photo preferences. Once you are acquainted with the basic tools, you'll learn how to use layers to make brightness, hue, and color contrast adjustments; how resolution applies to your monitor, your images, and your prints; and how to use the various file and output functions. In addition to numerous retouching and repairing techniques, you'll discover how to use special effects to turn your photographs into works of art and create digital scrapbook pages and 3D images. In addition to the step-by-step instructions, tips, and notes, you'll find a glossary to help you define terms that are new to you, as well as appendixes featuring Paint Shop Pro Photo keyboard shortcuts and useful additional resources. Get ready to create beautiful scrapbook pages, panoramas, framed photographs, and more with "Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598636710
Publisher:	Course Technology PTR
Publication date:	01/02/2008
Series:	Picture Yourself
Sold by:	CENGAGE LEARNING
Format:	eBook
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988 that services the central Indiana area. Her area of expertise has long been in the word-processing, spreadsheet and graphics area of computing as well as providing training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane's authoring experience includes over forty books on topics such as PC Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Lotus SmartSuite, Quicken, Microsoft Money and Peachtree Accounting, many of which have been translated into other languages such as Dutch, French, Bulgarian, Spanish and Greek. She has also developed and written numerous training manuals for her clients.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted
Chapter 2: Working with Paint Shop Pro Photo Files
Chapter 3: Discovering Drawing Tools
Chapter 4: Making Selections
Chapter 5: Understanding Color
Chapter 6: Developing Layers
Chapter 7: Becoming More Organized
Chapter 8: Making Quick Fixes
Chapter 9: Manually Editing Images
Chapter 10: Adding Effects, Filters, and Deformations
Chapter 11: Constructing Vector Objects
Chapter 12: Editing Vector Objects
Chapter 13: Working with Text
Chapter 14: Printing and Distributing Images
Chapter 15: Creating Panoramas and 3-D Photos
Chapter 16: Making Digital Scrapbooks
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
Appendix B: Exploring Useful Web Sites Glossary Index