With concise instructions and screen shots on every page, Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight teaches the most useful elements of the program to get you started. You'll get straight to work producing everyday effects, such as touching up photos, sprucing up colors, and creating eye-catching text effects.
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From the beginning of Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight, the authors tell us to "dive right in, push every button." This hands-on approach works particularly well in the unimposing interface of this alternative to more complex--and more expensive--paint applications like Photoshop.
Overview explanations of important concepts, like "The Basics of Masking," alternate with step-by-step walkthroughs of essential tasks like "Creating a Layered Image" or "Using Vector Text." The book ushers readers through all the features and techniques, starting with basic tools, many of which are similar to counterparts in other paint programs. Next, readers work with selections, colors, layers, masks, filters, and effects.
The book contains an introduction to Web graphics and animated GIFs using an animation wizard within the software as well as a primer vector graphics, a new capability in version 6. The book also acquaints readers with the picture frame wizard, the process of creating custom frames, and Paint Shop Pro's Picture Tubes--tools that allow users to paint with images.
The second half of the book contains projects that put the previous lessons to work, from creating a jigsaw puzzle out of an image to compositing graphics, creating text effects, and making an animated banner ad. The book is laid out clearly and contains many illustrations, screen shots, and a full-color section. With a patient, straightforward writing style and a clear flow of information and instruction, Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight will enable amateur desktop publishers and Web site authors to create flashy graphics without stumbling up the steep learning curve associated with other software. --Angelynn Grant
Topics covered: Basic instruction in Paint Shop Pro 6, including how to use tools, menus, and palettes; work with selections; color; layers; masks; filters; and effects. How to create Web graphics and animations, work with vector graphics, and create picture frames and picture tubes. Projects cover working with layers, photo restoration, text effects, popular types of Web animations, and embedding a digital watermark.
From the Back Cover
Paint Shop Pro 6 Visula Insight takes you on a step-by-step visual journey while teaching you the program's key features. You will be inspired by the endless creative possibilities of such features as the built-in animation shop, the vector drawing tools, and a multitude of new textures, filters, and effects. Prepare to be astounded adn amazed at the things you can easily accomplish by using the latest version of this feature-laden program.
Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight shows you how to:
- Master the Paint Shop Pro 6 interface
- Use the program's basic tools
- Manipulate images using layers
- Combine layering with blend modes
- Uncover the secrets of layer masks
- Work with vector graphics and the tools used to create them
- Create stunning effects with filters
- Correct and restore photographs
- Combine images in eye-catching ways
- Transform text into works of art
- Use fun program features, such as picture frames and tubes
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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Get up to Speed,
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This review is from: Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight: Learn the Most Useful Techniques for Everyday Tasks and Then Take It Up a Notch with Some Special Effects (Paperback)
You won't regret this book or the Power book, If found both to be very helpful. This one is more basic, with tons of hands on examples Very easy to learn and really shows you the power of the program including animations, collages, layers, make a puzzle, picture frames and lots more! Fully illustrated.
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful...,
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This review is from: Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight: Learn the Most Useful Techniques for Everyday Tasks and Then Take It Up a Notch with Some Special Effects (Paperback)
Once I got Paint Shop Pro 6, I was excited but a bit frightened about the complexity of the program. My previous artistic/graphics experience consisited of art class in high school. I didn't know what a mask or a raster layer (or much else) was. Visual Insight explained everything I needed in simple terms with appropriate illustrations. It is a great book for beginners. The projects at the second half of the book helped me to see what this program is capable of. After going through this book, I am now able to create the graphics that I need.
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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Very Good Book!,
By Dianne Miles (Myrtle Beach SC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Paint Shop Pro 6 Visual Insight: Learn the Most Useful Techniques for Everyday Tasks and Then Take It Up a Notch with Some Special Effects (Paperback)
Being somewhat new to the Paint Shop Pro family I now realized that there's life after PhotoShop. This book is wonderful! With each project, the authors takes you through them step-by-step. I also purchased the PSP 6 POWER! by Lori J. Davis. You will not regret purchasing this book.
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