Corel Photo-Paint 7 Plus: The Official Guide [Paperback]

David Huss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

It's image editing...it's digital illustration...it's Web page creation, and more...all in one box. It's the hottest thing to hit the world of graphics: Corel PHOTO-PAINTTM 7! And this is the Official Guide to learning how to use it to make magic!

Working with hands-on lessons, you'll discover how to get the most stylish results possible from Corel PHOTO-PAINT 7 PLUS. Start with the basics, then begin performing incredible graphics feats inspired by a collection of advanced techniques. It doesn't matter whether you're brand new to PHOTO-PAINT or you've already cut your teeth on a previous release, because this book has something for every skill level. Pick it up and see how easy it is to:

- Create the most professional-looking images in the least amount of time

- Make magic with version 7's all-new brushes and tools, improved text editing, and slew of new filters

- Launch your artistic creations into cyberspace in the form of dazzling Web pages

- Scan images like an old pro and turn overexposed, scratchy, or timeworn photographs into visions of beauty

- Alter reality with incredible image-editing techniques

- Compose head-turning logos, postcards, and other visual treats with ease

- Customize the PHOTO-PAINT 7 workspace to your exact specifications

- Retouch, animate, and enhance movies frame-by-frame for video and multimedia presentations

- PLUS! Browse the 16-page color insert for mouthwatering, professional ideas that will spur you to create your own masterpieces!

It's simple arithmetic: your talent + this book = bedazzling projects! So get started today using the only PHOTO-PAINT 7 guide brilliant enough to carry the official Corel"RM" seal.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Corel Photo-Paint 7, the latest version of Corel Corp.'s image editing package, has new paint tools, filters, and text-editing features. Corel Photo-Paint 7: The Official Guide is for Photo-Paint 7 users of all kinds, including those who have already learned the new tools as well as those who are new to the basic concepts of digital images. Author David Huss explains color depth, resolution, file formats, and more, and guides readers through Photo-Paint's interface and essential painting and editing tools. He then describes the package's masking tools, color-correction options, and the Clone, Image Sprayer, Fill, and Shape tools. In the greater part of the book, Huss explains how to use the package's many blur, noise, sharpen, 2-D, 3-D, render, artistic, and color-transform filters to create a variety of special effects. This is a clearly written guide, with many step-by-step projects. A full-color insert shows the project files in edited form, and sometimes in unedited form, too.

From the Back Cover

"David Huss is quite simply the authority on Corel Photo-Paint. He leads the reader through even the most complex techniques... Highly recommended!"--Chris Dickman, Editor in Chief, The CorelDraw Journal and Webmaster of CorelNET.

Boldly creative, yet thoroughly official--Corel Photo-Paint 7: The Official Guide. It's image editing... it's digital illustration... it's Web page creation, and more... all in one box. It's the hottest thing to hit the world of graphics: Corel Photo-Paint 7! And this is the Official Guide to learning how to use it to make magic! Working with hands-on lessons, you'll discover how to get the most stylish results possible from Corel Photo-Paint 7 Plus. Start with the basics, then begin performing incredible graphics feats inspired by a collection of advanced techniques. It doesn't matter whether you're brand new to Photo-Paint or you've already cut your teeth on a previous release, because this book has something for every skill level. Pick it up and see how easy it is to:
create the most professional-looking images in the least amount of time;
make magic with version 7's all-new brushes and tools, improved text editing, and slew of new filters;
launch your artistic creations into cyberspace in the form of dazzling Web pages;
scan images like an old pro and turn overexposes, scratchy, or timeworn photographs into visions of beauty;
alter reality with incredible image-editing techniques;
compose head-turning logos, postcards, and other visual treats with ease;
customize the PHOTO-PAINT 7 workspace to your exact specifications;
retouch, animate, and enhance movies frame-by-frame for video and multimedia presentations;
PLUS! Browse the 16-page color insert for mouthwatering, professional ideas that will spur you to create your own masterpieces!

It's simple arithmetic:
your talent + this book = bedazzling projects! So get started today using the only PHOTO-PAINT 7 guide brilliant enough to carry the official Corel seal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 632 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2nd edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078823218
• ISBN-13: 978-0078823213
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars To little for the money, March 16, 2000

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Dennis Dean (Derry, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corel Photo-Paint 7 Plus: The Official Guide (Paperback)

Expensive book with lots of mistakes. Has some useful information but could have been better organized.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative and fun to read., August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Corel Photo-Paint 7 Plus: The Official Guide (Paperback)

David Huss is a master of informal expository writing. In my class, he would get an "A". After years of banging bits (programming) I jumped into graphics and illustration. As a bookworm, I bought several volumes on the subject (much to Amazon's delight) as well as on Photo-Paint and Draw9. Huss's work stands out. He answered questions I was too embarassed to ask, and entertained me along the way. Buy the book. Your money is well invested whether used as a tutor or a reference.

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. PhotoPaint, October 23, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Corel Photo-Paint 7 Plus: The Official Guide (Paperback)

David Huss is Mr. Corel PhotoPaint. He is the recognized expert on this product. This book contains excellent examples, tips $ techniques, and tons of Dave's wisdom...buy it.