Book description
Ken McMahon and Robin Nichols have created a complete and easy-to-follow introduction to Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 9, allowing you to take full advantage of this popular photo-editor and graphics program in ways you would never have imagined. If you are an amateur digital photographer, web or graphic designer this book will provide you with everything you need to get the very best out of your images and achieve professional-looking results with this affordable but powerful consumer software.Paint Shop Pro 9 for Photographers offers an extensive variety of real life examples with clear, step-by-step tutorials, eye-catching visuals and numerous tips and tricks to take your image making skills to new heights!
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Picture credits
- Introduction
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1 Digital Image-making: The Basics
- Introduction: basic tools and functions
- Paint Shop Pro 9: advanced features
- Paint Shop Pro: features new to version 9
- Additional considerations for the digital darkroom
- Creating pictures using film, digital cameras and scanners
- Resizing the picture canvas
- Cropping the picture
- Adjusting picture orientation
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2 Simple Picture Manipulation: Improving Your Digital Photos
- One-button digital photo fixes
- Automatic Color Balance
- Display options
- Automatic Contrast Enhancement
- Automatic Saturation Enhancement
- Controlling picture contrast
- Using fill flash and backlighting
- Correcting color balance
- Adjusting color saturation (intensity)
- Making photos (appear) sharper
- Adding soft focus effects
- Step-by-Step Projects
- 3 Simple Picture Manipulation: Moving Past the Basics
- 4 Controlling Change: Using Selections
- 5 Combining Images: Working with Layers and Layer Masks
- 6 Using Text: Understanding Vector Graphics
- 7 Manipulating Images: Creating Special Effects
- 8 Print Preparation
- 9 Working with the Web: Optimizing and Uploading Images
- 10 Paint Shop Photo Album 5: Organizing Your Pictures
- Appendix 1: Jargon Buster
- Appendix 2: Keyboard Shortcuts
- Index
Product information
- Title: Paint Shop Pro 9 for Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2005
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136106859
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