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Duration: 9.5 hours
Lessons: 93
Includes Working Files: Yes
Closed Captions: Yes
Free Online Demos: Yes
Playable via Flash and Quicktime: Yes

Description

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is an affordable yet powerful graphics program. With automatic photo fixes or precision editing controls for fine-tuning, both novice and professional alike can take charge of this application. Create and work with bitmapped or scalable vector graphics and use "life like" art media tools, effects and filters as well. In this tutorial, this training course teaches the essentials, starting with the interface, tool sets, palettes and organizer before moving on to demonstrate more advanced drawing and painting techniques, photo retouching, special effects, masks, scripting and more.

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Paint Shop Pro X2 Tutorial

Topics covered on this 9.5 hour Paint Shop Pro X2 Video Based Tutorial are listed below:-

Tutorial Overview

The Interface
Palettes Review
Tools Overview
Using the Organizer

Using Paint Shop Pro Photo

Drawing & Painting
Vector Objects
Photo Editing
Text
Web Graphics

OOB Photo Project

Choosing the Photo
Choosing the Frame
Creating the Effect
Combining Layers

New Features

Express Lab
HDR Photo Merge
Visible Watermarks
New Makeover Tools
Layer Styles
Save & Copy Commands

Preferences Tweaks

Undo & Memory
Thumbnail Sizes
File Preferences
More Tips
File Types & Compression
Pspimage
TIFF
JPG
GIF
PNG
Compression

Odds & Ends

Where Things Are
Workflow
Preview in Web Browser
Materials Palette
Splitting Channels
Views
Color Management
Alpha Channel
Image Operations
Working in RAW
Resize
Canvas Size
Borders & Frames
Color Depth & Palettes
Arithmetic

Adjustments

More Express Lab
Sharpening Strategies
Histogram Tools
Color Tools
Advanced Red Eye Removal
Depth of Field

Photo Project

Exposure
Color
Noise Removal
Digging Deeper Into Effects
Lighting Effects
Bump Maps
Environment Maps
Removing Lens Distortion
Texture Effects pt. 1
Texture Effects pt. 2
Installing Effects

Type

Anti-Aliasing
Create Options
Typography Settings pt. 1
Typography Settings pt. 2
Vector Graphics
Modes & Nodes
Joining & Mitre

Selections

Review
Alternate Methods

Layers

Adjustment Layers
Vectors & Layers
Text & Layers
Grouping & Linking
Blend Modes
Blend Ranges

Masks

Creating Mask Layers
Using Gradients
Painting
Scripting with Python
Getting Started
Basic Elements
Analyzing Scripts
Creating Your Own Resources
Frames
Tubes
Preset Shapes
Preset Image Sizes
Loadable Selections
Gradients
Using the Resource Manager
Managing Tool Presets
Managing Effects Settings

Vector Project

Getting Started
Creating Paths
Wrapping Up

Wrap Up

Concluding Remarks
Credits
About the Author