Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics [Paperback]

Andy Shafran (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0966288904 | ISBN-13: 978-0966288902 | Publication Date: April 1998 | Edition: 2

The full-color guide to outstanding images with Paint Shop Pro 5. Written by Paint Shop Pro Experts, this book includes dozens of tutorials, techniques, and examples geared for the beginner through advanced Paint Shop Pro user. An original art cover complements the Vivid and generous use of color throughout the entire book. Technically edited by Jasc Inc., this book includes chapters on photo-retouching, Image optimization, GIF Transparency, and more. It covers all the new features in Paint Shop Pro 5, including Layers, Picture Tubes, Animation Shop, and more.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

For a few years now, Jasc Software's Paint Shop Pro has been a popular and affordable image editor and paint program for producing Web graphics. Whether or not you joined the bandwagon early on, you'll be able to learn lots from this full-color guide. It illuminates the basic and advanced aspects of working within the updated program, Paint Shop Pro 5, to create excellent Web images--from logos and icons to photos and background graphics.

Author Andy Shafran first takes you through the basics of using the package to create and edit simple graphics and photos. He also teaches you about GIF, JPEG, and other Web file formats and explains the basics of using HTML tags to add images to your pages. Next you apply special effects and work with Picture Tubes (a tool for painting with graphics instead of paint), layers, and black-and-white images. Shafran offers advice on using scanners and digital cameras to bring images into your computer and helps you retouch and correct those images. He also explains how to create transparent GIFs, GIF animations, image maps, and backgrounds and teaches you how to keep your images small.

The last two chapters focus on using extra HTML tags to control the appearance of your images and on learning additional Paint Shop Pro tips for creating gradients, textures, drop shadows, clip art, and 3-D effects. One appendix directs you to Web sites that offer graphics and development guidance. Another supplies a reference list to Paint Shop Pro's toolbar and palette options. --Kathleen Caster

Review

Using a real world examples, Andy walks the reader through the creation of an image using the smudge brush, and clip art. Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics, Second Edition is a well written, comprehensive guide to not only Paint Shop Pro 5 but to web graphics in general. Jasc has a wonderful new program and Andy has more than done justice to it with his new book. -- WebWeaver XXI Reviews - June 1998

Whether a beginning novice or an experienced web master, this fully updated and expanded second edition of Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics will clearly instruct the reader/user in the latest feature of Paint Shop Pro 5 and the use of a digital camera. Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics offers hundreds of pages of full color examples teaching all elements and aspects of Paint Shop Pro 5. Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics is a must for anyone seeking to create a truly memorable and effective web site. -- Midwest Book Review - July 1998

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade; 2 edition (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966288904
• ISBN-13: 978-0966288902
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,722,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A more in-depth book is what is needed here!, December 30, 1999

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This review is from: Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics (Paperback)

Dispite a couple bad rewiews, I purchased the book anyway. My mistake! This book is for people wanting to make cute little home pages with pics of their kitty, just like the author. It shows how to crop and paint a little but not much more than that. I learned as much just tinkering with the PSP prog as I did from the book. He promotes his website like it is some type of dynamic creation. It in fact is a lousy little site with pics of his kitty. The author uses it merely to try to sell more books. Unbelievable! Don't be another sucker and buy this pittiful excuse for a manual. (The PSP manual is almost as good.) Purchase something with some guts to it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, August 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics (Paperback)

When I first started, I had little knowledge of how to make my own graphics. Other books I tried to read were too advanced and were confusing to someone just starting out. I wanted to create my own graphics instead of using clip art which most graphics books don't cover. This book has familiarized me with PSP and I now feel very comfortable using the program. It is easy to read and understand, and it is well-written. It also teaches you some very cool techniques! The author is very nice and will respond if you need help with anything and that in itself is invaluable!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sheds some creative light on a great program., June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Creating Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics (Paperback)

Paint Shop is great, this book just nudges you along in learning some of the capabilities. I liked the quality-printing of the book, nice paper and great illustrations. If you're a beginner and want to make web graphics, this is an excellent book for just that. It's much more fun to read than the manual, and easier to stay with than some of the other paint shop books available.