Paint Shop Pro Web Techniques (Paperback)

~ T. Michael Clark (Author)

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Product Description

Now, you can put the power of Paint Shop Pro to work for you! Written by award-winning web designer T. Michael Clark, Paint Shop Pro Web Techniques show you how to effectively use this tool to create eye-catching graphics-quickly and easily. Using full-color examples and expert advice, this comprehensive guide explains essential topics at a basic level, but then moves into an increasingly complex series of step-by-step graphics tutorials that deal with all aspects of web graphics design. You'll master everything-from color and image compression formats to photo manipulation, the use of filters, and web design aesthetics. In addition, you'll learn how to effectively use masks and discover how to create imagemaps, banners, and transparent GIFs. Paint Shop Pro Web Techniques is a complete package of graphics skills combined with the why's and how's of creating cool and unique web graphics design!

• Full-color examples bring the techniques to life-showing users how things actually look

From the Publisher

Paint Shop Pro is becoming an increasingly popular graphics tool for creating images for the Web. Using step-by-step tutorials, expert tips, and helpful techniques, this comprehensive, must-have book goes beyond a simple explanation of how to use this tool and shows developers how to implement their graphics with stunning Web pages. - Written by an award-winning Web graphics design specialist and Internet veteran

- Full-color examples bring the techniques to life-showing users how things actually look

Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562057561
• ISBN-13: 978-1562057565
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,010,703 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Web graphics book on the market., September 7, 1997

By A Customer

PSP Web Techniques is essential for understanding and utilizing professional looking images on the Web. It covers the extensive upgrades for the latest 4.0 version of the software in a clear, concise, and creative way. The book leaves nothing to chance. It covers essential web topics, including color, graphics quality, file types, the creation of all of the basic web page elements, and the use of third-party filters. This guy must love to teach and share his secrets, because there are artist's tips here that you won't find in other books. Michael offers step-by-step instructions for many styles of text for headings and logos, as well as seamless tile backgrounds and edge borders. I learned to create cool buttons, balls, bullets, and icons. It's an art course for the Web. The incredible knowledge gained from this book extends beyond the Paint Shop Pro software. I have also used what I learned from Michael's book for several image editing programs that I now use, even Photo Shop. PSP Web Techniques helped me to make the transition from traditional art to digital art. Buy it, there is nothing out there like it

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for web designers!, December 14, 1999

By	Nerhtoc (Taylorsville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

I read this book cover to cover, and I have learned a great deal about PSP. Before hand, I had no idea where to start or how to make websites look better. The book was written for an earlier version of PSP than I have, so I had to make some slight modifications to a few tutorials, but it was still extremely helpful. I no longer use canned graphics or flat images on my web sites. I now have 3-D great looking graphics, and it couldn't be easier after reading PSP Web Techniques. Thanks to T. Michael Clark! Can't wait for another PSP book from him.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The is the book to learn Paint Shop Pro!, October 15, 1999

By A Customer

I spent lots of time trying to find a book to guide me through the different areas of Paint Shop Pro. This book was the one that did it for me. In fact, because of this book, I purchased a copy of Paint Shop when the shareware version stopped working. This is definately the book!!!