Paint Shop Pro Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Techniques

• 3-D Text Without Masks  by Webweaver XXI
  
  
• Add Depth of Field to Your Photos  One mark of a professionally created photo is depth of field, a blending of in-focus and out-of-focus areas. Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI lets you create this professional look in only a few minutes.
  
  
• Add Text to Clipart  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Add Texture to Type  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Antique Gold Text  reader submission from by Webweaver XXI
  
  
• Change Colors in an Instant  Corel® Paint Shop ProT Photo IX lets you change the colors in your pictures easily. With just a few clicks, you can change blue to orange, or brown to bright pink.
  
  
• Backlighted Text  by Webweaver XXI
  
  
• Create a Paper Texture  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Create a Seamless Pattern Tile  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Create a Transparent GIF  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Create Glowing Text  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Create your own holiday card  With Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo IX and Corel® SnapfireT Plus, you can create a truly unique holiday card to send to all your friends and family.
  
  
• Easy 3-D Text  by Webweaver XXI
  
  
• Embossed Text  by Webweaver XXI
  
  
• Feathered Type  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Give a Makeover  With Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo's set of Makeover Tools, you can remove blemishes, whiten teeth, and even brush on a tan in seconds. Retouching Improving the appearance of the people in your photos has never been easier.
  
  
• High Impact Images with PSP  includes tips on: Colour and Detail, Composition and Mood, Special Effects, and more.
  
  
• Learn How to Fix Photos the Smart Way  Smart Photo Fix is a great way to correct color, exposure, and lighting problems in your photos. By completing this tutorial, you'll see how Smart Photo Fix analyzes your photo and suggests corrections with just a single click. Before you apply the corrections, you can fine-tune them to create just the look you want.
  
  
• Make Your Own Vignette Frame  One of the great things of so many digital cameras is that you can take video clips! Adding motion to your memories is great, and with Snapfire and Snapfire Plus you can make the most of these video clips. With this tutorial .. you'll see you how easy it is to manage your videos and even turn a frame of your video into a picture.
  
  
• Paint Shop Pro Tutorials  by T. Michael Clark  
  
  
• Plastic Text  by Webweaver XXI
  
  
• Put the Crop Tool to Work for You  Cropping is the quickest and easiest way to improve the composition of your photos. The Crop tool in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI makes it easy to control the size and alignment of your crop window.
  
  
• Recolor Clipart  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Remove Distractions from Your Photos  The Object Remover tool in Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI makes removing unwanted items from your photos easy. With the Object Remover tool, you'll learn quickly because everything you need is in one place.
  
  
• Remove Photo Backgrounds with the Background Eraser  The Background Eraser lets you easily remove unwanted backgrounds while retaining the fine detail in your photos. It's great for when you want to cut something out of a photo and pop it into a new one. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to use the Background Eraser.
  
  
• Resize Clipart  from Laurie McCanna
  
  
• Reverse Text on a Path  We see it everywhere, curvy, curly, circular text, but did you know you can do create that look in Paint Shop Pro? This tutorial will show you how to create reverse text on a path.