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Tables of Contents for Paint Shop Pro 5 for Windows
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Chapter 1: Introducing Paint Shop Pro
1
14
About Paint Shop Pro
2
1
The Paint Shop Pro Process
3
2
Acquiring Imagery
5
2
Working with Images
7
4
Using Images
11
1
What Else?
12
1
Versatile + Powerful + Affordable = Usable
13
2
Chapter 2: Setting Preferences and Starting Up
15
20
Setting Up Paint Shop Pro
16
1
The Paint Shop Pro Screen
17
1
Setting Preferences
18
8
Customizing Toolbars
26
1
Monitor Gamma
27
1
Creating, Saving, and Opening Images
28
3
Setting Your View
31
2
Getting Help
33
2
Chapter 3: Image Acquisition
35
14
Digital Cameras
36
3
Digital Camera Tips
39
2
35mm or Advanced Photo System Cameras
41
1
Traditional Scanners
42
1
Slide/Film and Photo Scanners
43
2
PhotoNet/Photo Scanning Services
45
2
CD and Web-Based Clip Art
47
1
Tablets
48
1
Chapter 4: Selections
49
22
Selection Basics
50
2
Creating a Selection
52
7
Selection Options
59
4
Saving and Loading Selections
63
3
Working with Selections and Layers
66
5
Chapter 5: All About Layers
71
12
Layers Basics
72
1
The Layers Palette
73
3
The Layers Properties Dialog Box
76
1
Working with Layers
77
3
Grouping, Merging, and Flattening Layers
80
1
Understanding Blend Modes
81
2
Chapter 6: All About Color
83
12
Color Basics
84
2
Light and Dark Adjustments
86
2
Histogram Functions
88
4
Bit-Depth and Palette Adjustment
92
3
Chapter 7: Painting and Drawing
95
24
Some Basics
96
1
Basic Drawing Tools
97
4
Lines and Shapes
101
2
Color Replacement
103
2
Retouching and Textures
105
2
Filling and Gradients
107
2
Cloning Areas
109
2
Custom Brushes
111
1
Custom Brushes from Images
112
3
Picture Tubes
115
4
Chapter 8: Masks
119
10
Using Masks
120
4
Alpha Channels
124
2
Viewing and Editing Masks
126
3
Chapter 9: Filters
129
22
What Filters Do
130
1
The Filter Browser
131
1
Blur Filters
132
4
Edge Filters
136
3
Noise Filters
139
2
Sharpen Filters
141
2
Other Filters
143
3
Defining Your Own Filters
146
2
Importing Filters Into Paint Shop Pro
148
3
Chapter 10: Effects and Deformations
151
16
Deformations
152
5
Arithmetic
157
5
Effects
162
5
Chapter 11: Type
167
14
Placing Down Type
168
2
Recoloring Type
170
1
Filling Text with an Image
171
1
Clipping Text Onto an Image
172
1
Shadow Type
173
2
Screened-Back Type
175
1
Type and the Cutout Tool
176
2
Transparently Embossing Type
178
1
Brick-Styled Type
179
2
Chapter 12: Saving and Converting
181
16
Saving Imagery
182
3
Batch Conversions
185
3
Image Saving Options
188
9
Chapter 13: Printing
197
12
Printing Options
198
4
Printing in Paint Shop Pro
202
5
Ten Things to Ask Your Service Bureau
207
2
Chapter 14: Creating Web Images
209
20
Basics of Web Graphics
210
2
GIF
212
1
Interlacing and Transparency
213
3
JPEG
216
1
PNG
217
1
FlashPix
218
1
Creating Basic Web Graphics
219
4
Buttons
223
4
Rules
227
2
Chapter 15: Advanced Web Graphics
229
18
More Web Imagery
230
1
Image Maps
231
3
Banner Ads
234
2
Text as Graphics
236
1
Optimizing Image Colors
237
4
Using Browser Safe Palettes
241
2
Optimizing Image Size
243
4
Chapter 16: Animation Shop
247
18
Animation Shop Options
248
5
Animation Wizard
253
3
Image Transitions
256
2
Editing Frames
258
2
Animation Properties
260
1
Testing, Optimizing, and Saving Animations
261
4
Appendix A: Web Sites and Resources
265
6
Tutorial Sites
266
3
Picture Tubes Sites
269
1
Free Graphics Resources
270
1
Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts
271
6
Index
277