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Complete Idiots Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 (Complete Idiot's Guide) [Paperback]

Nat Gertler (Author)
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The Complete Idiot's Guide October 1, 2000
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paint Shop Pro X provides easy-to-follow, down-to-earth advice, tinged with humor that makes sense of both technology and solutions for beginning users. You can count on finding the information you need without being weighed down by unnecessary details or information that is over your head. New additions to the book cover Paint Shop Pro's new features, including: Enhanced interface features including a visual browser with adjustable thumbnail views, custom program preferences, multiple zoom levels (32:1 to 1:24), and a Recent Colors dialog window. Picture Tubes enable you to "paint" with high-quality full color graphics in patterns as both fills and lines of objects. Improved support for layers and masks, with numerous tools for the creation, editing, and management of vector, raster and adjustment layers. Intelligent photo enhancement tools such as red-eye corrector and scratch removal make photo manipulation faster and more efficient.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paint Shop Pro X provides easy-to-follow, down-to-earth advice, tinged with humor that makes sense of both technology and solutions for beginning users. You can count on finding the information you need without being weighed down by unnecessary details or information that is over your head. New additions to the book cover Paint Shop Pro's new features, including: Enhanced interface features including a visual browser with adjustable thumbnail views, custom program preferences, multiple zoom levels (32:1 to 1:24), and a Recent Colors dialog window. Picture Tubes enable you to "paint" with high-quality full color graphics in patterns as both fills and lines of objects. Improved support for layers and masks, with numerous tools for the creation, editing, and management of vector, raster and adjustment layers. Intelligent photo enhancement tools such as red-eye corrector and scratch removal make photo manipulation faster and more efficient.

About the Author

Nat Gertler is a Web site designer, a comic book creator, and the author of Easy PCs, The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to PowerPoint 2000, and many other easy-to-follow computer books. His talent for putting visual concepts into words brought him a 1999 nomination for comicdom's coveted Eisner award.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Alpha; 1st edition (October 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 078972460X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789724601
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,196,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a writer and publisher, most notably of comic books (although some of you may know me from my many computer books.) If you head over to www.LicensableBearTM.com you can see a sample of my work.

I collect books of Charles Schulz's Peanuts, and have a respected guide to those books at AAUGH.com/guide/

And if someone sent you a pointer to an online examples of goofy things one can do with Amazon.com's image engine, yes, that was mine as well. (And if you haven't seen it, head over to http://www.gertler.com/nat/abusedimages.html )

 

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82 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Idiot's Guide to PSP 7 is a stroke of genius:-), February 5, 2001
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"baklavaschwartz" (The NJ Meadowlands, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Idiots Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 (Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)
As a long-time fan and user of Paint Shop Pro, I was delighted to see all the new bells, whistles and innovations in Version 7, but overwhelmed by the prospect of learning everything quickly enough while maintaining my enthusiasm. I did a lot of research before deciding on this book--especially since I usually turn to The Dummies Guides for help. However, in reading reviews of the many books on PSP 7 (both here on Amazon, and elsewhere,) Nat Gertler's Idiot's Guide was consistently praised and overall, more highly regarded than the others...so I decided to trust the opinions of the real folks like me who use this book. I was *not* disappointed. As soon as I unwrapped the book, I was in front of the computer exploring and (finally) understanding things that I hadn't been able to figure out on my own.

The text is easy to read, has good illustrations and tutorials, a sense of humor, and best of all, it's written in a lean, no nonsense style that lets me get right down to the business of creating.

IMHO, you only need one book to learn the basics *and* the exciting new features of this great program--The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 is a smart, economical tool for getting the most out of one of the world's best graphics programs:)

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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, even for those who know PSP!, January 16, 2001
This review is from: Complete Idiots Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 (Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)
I had to buy this book, even though Im experienced with Paint Shop Pro, versions 5, 6 and 7. I thought Id just get a few laughs, but boy was I in for a surprise! I actually learned alot of new things from this book and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to create really wonderful graphics! I make my own graphics for my site using PSP 6 and 7, and have other websites I do graphic design for. Get this book, and you'll be a pro at PSP 7, its the best version yet!
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book but only covers the basics, September 4, 2001
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paint Shop Pro 7 by Nat Gertler is
a really good book to buy if you are buying Paint Shop Pro 7 for the very first time and have never used any of the previous versions of Paint Shop Pro.
This book is well written and it easily explains all of the applications it outlines.
However, I have been using Paint Shop Pro version 5 for about three years now and there was nothing in this book that I didn't already know.
The best way to find new tips and tricks that Paint Shop Pro 7 has is to read online tutorials and find sites set up for such instructions.
As my review title says, it's a "Good Book but only covers the basics"!
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Paint Shop Pro sounds like the name of a good blue-collar job for someone with a good color sense and a high tolerance for latex fumes. Actually, its the name of a great Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greyscale mode, new raster layer, gradient dialog box, object selector, space bunnies, image slicer, tool option palette, transparency lock, raster layers, adjustment layer, layer palette, vector layers, color selector, segment node, vector text, vector objects, alpha channel, new animation, effect dialog box, current layer, image brighter, fill tool, fill style, tool palette
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Paint Shop Pro, Animation Shop, The Least You Need, Enhance Photo, Preset Shape, Uncle Mortie, Vector Properties, Clone Brush, Tip of the Day, Color Replacer, General Program Preferences, Image Mapper, Layer Properties, Effect Browser, Hue Map, Insert Image Transition, Node Type, Texture Effects, The Science of Making Vector Objects, Vector Frankenstein, Color Inspection, Insert Frames, New Adjustment Layer, Overview Window, Page Setup
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