Practice Tasks III for Paint Shop Pro Studio

Open Paint Shop Pro Studio.  Select  File => Browse.... In the left-hand panel of the Browse window, scroll down until you see the CD (D:), click on the + sign in front of it and click on Example Pictures. 

1. Adding text directly to a picture.  
1. Open a picture that you would like to add a text label to.
2. Click on the  tool, then click on the image.  
3. Type in the text in the text box, highlight it, and then choose the font, size, and stroke, from the top toolbar.  "Stroke" sets the thickness of the outline around the letter shapes. (If you can't see Font, Size, Stroke, etc, select View => Palettes => Tool Options).
4. To select the color of the inside of the letters, right-click on the desired color in the color palette on the right. To select the color of the outline of the letters, left-click on the desired color in the color palette. (If you can't see the color palette, select View => Palettes => Materials. If the color palette show no color, only shades of grey, select Image --> Increase Color Depth --> 16 Million Colors). 
5. Click on "Apply".
6. Switch to the Mover    tool (4th tool in the tool palette), carefully position the tool on any one of the letters, and drag the text into the desired position.
7. To edit the text later, select the  tool, mouse over the text, watch for the cursor to change to [A], then click. You must click in the body of the letter, not the spaces between. 
8. To save the image with the added text in a separate layer (so you can edit it later), use the Save As... command and select Paint Shop Pro Image format from the "Save as type" menu. To save the image in a standard format for email or the Web, save it in JPG format.

Note: to add a caption outside the area of a photo, create a white border first (Image => Add Borders), then add the desired text as above and position it in the border area.

2. Importing images into other applications
A.  Importing images into other applications.
1. Click Start => Programs and open Microsoft Word.
2. Select Insert => Picture => From File.  
3.Click in the Look in menu and select the folder or disc contianing the desired photo.
4. Select a picture and click Insert. Drag the small squares in the corners to resize the picture.
5. Right-click on the picture and select Format Picture.
6. Click on the Layout tab.
7. Click on "Square". Click OK.
8. Drag the picture to position it.  Drag the small squares in the corners to resize the picture.
9. Note: This same technique works in Powerpoint and in other Microsoft application software.
B. Importing images using Copy and Paste: 
1. Open the photo for editing in Paint Shop Pro or Picasa.
2. Select Edit => Copy.
3. Switch to Microsoft Word.
4. Select Edit => Paste to paste the picture into the desired location.
5. Note: This techniques work in most software that accepts a n image.
 
3. Making a photo collage as a single graphic image.
1. Select File => Browse and open a folder containing pictures.
2. Select  File => New.
3. Set the Resolution to 200 pixels/inch, Width to 8 in, and Height  to 10 in. Click on the "Color" box and select the desired background color (I suggest white or light gray). Click OK.
4. Select Window => Tile Vertically.
5. Drag pictures from the Browse window to the Image window.   (You can click on another folder in the Browse window if you want to add pictures from another folder).
6. Click the Move tool  and use it to drag the image to the desired position. 
7. If an image is too large or too small, you can adjust its size as needed to make it fit.  There are two ways to resize a layer: you can either:

(a) Select that image by clicking on it with  the Mover tool , select Image => Resize, set the desired size, deselect (un-check) "Resize all layers", and click OK.
OR 
(b) Select that image by clicking on it with  the Mover tool , then click on the Deform tool (1st tool in the 2nd tool group), then drag the small squares on the corners of the box to re-size. Select the hand tool (1st tool) to cancel this mode.
8. Repeat steps 5 - 7 for each image you want to add to the collage.
9. You can add text captions and labels anywhere on the page using the text tool A (Task #1, top).
10. To save the collage, select File => Save As..., click on the Save as type box and select "JPEG format (.jpg)", click the Save in box and select the place where you want to save the collage, type in a file name in the File name box, and click the Save button.

4.  Making round face cutouts.
1. Open any picture that has children or people.
2. Open the 5th tool group and click on  Selection.  
3. In the Selection type menu at the top, select Circle (or Ellipse, if you'd rather make on oval cut-out).
4. Set Feather to about 30.  (The larger the Feather setting, the softer the edges of the cut-out).
5. Starting in the center of the face of the subject, hold down the left mouse button and drag out a circle encompasing the face. If you don't like the position of the circle, click outside the circle and repeat.
6. Pull down Edit => Copy.
7 Select Edit => Paste as New Image.  The checkerboard pattern represents a transparent background . 
8. Save it to your folder as a PSP file (File => Save As... and select "Paint Shop Pro Image" from the "Save as type" pop-up menu).  This format preserves the soft transparent edges.
9. You can use arrange several such face cut-outs on one sheet of paper (as in "#3 Making a photo collage", above).  Possible applications: decorate a portrait of a grandmother or grandfather by surrounding it with the faces of their children and grandchildren Or how about a portrait of a graduate surrounded by their faces at various ages as they are growing up?

5. Artistic and creative effects
1. Open any image (your own photo or any of the images in the folders in the workshop CD)
2. Pull down Image => Add Borders. Type in the desired border size, click on Color to change the border color, and click OK.
3. Select the Picture Tube tool (11th tool in the toolbar), click in the picture selector menu in the tool options palette, and select a picture.  Paint on the image.  (Try using this tool to make a decorative frame around a portrait).
4. Pull down Effects and select: 
a. Art Media Effects (try Brush Strokes)
b. Geometric effects (try Circle)
c. Illumination effects (try Sunburst)
d. Reflection effects (try Kaleidoscope)
e. Texture effects => Textures
f. Artistic Effects => Posterize.
5. Pull down Image => Picture Frame. Select from the menu of picture frames and click OK.

(c) Tom O'Haver (toh@umd.edu), March 2005.