Menu Bar
The Paint Shop Pro Menu Bar has all of the normal options
you would expect to find on a menu bar plus additional options
relevant to the program itself. I won't be covering all of the
menu options. Some of them will be explained elsewhere, others are
self-explanatory.
The File menu is where you'll find your Browse
function. This does not refer to a web browser but rather to an
image browser that will allow you to view thumbnails of all
images contained in a directory on your hard drive. The left window
has the familiar Windows format for ease of locating files.
In the View menu you'll find the Grid option.
This will toggle your Grid on and off. When the Grid is
in the 'on' position, all open images will show the grid.
The grid is not saved with your image, it's just a tool to
aid in placing selections on the canvas.
The Image menu covers various effects that can be
applied to an image. This is where you'll find the
built-in filters as well as the
Plug-in Filter menus. The built-in filters are listed
under their own categories, (Blur, Edge, Noise, Sharpen,
Other) in the Image menu. All of the filters can be found
together in the
Filter Browser,
also located in the Image menu.
You will not see a Plug-in
Filters option in the Image menu unless you have downloaded
and installed
third party plugin filters.
The Color menu: Whenever you find a feature or
option in the PSP menus is 'greyed' out, check in the
Color menu to make sure that your image is set
to 16 million colors. Many of the features and functions
will only work on 256 Grey Scale or 16 Million Colors. To
check and/or increase your color depth to 16 million colors
go to Image | Colors | Increase Color Depth. If the
16 Million Colors (24 bit) is greyed out, then your image
is already 16 Million Colors. If the option is available,
select it to increase your Color Depth to 16 Million Colors.
The Capture Setup Menu
PSP comes with a Capture function that allows
you to do screen captures. It will capture as a
graphic anything that shows on your monitor.
As a companion to the Menu Bar, there are an infinite number
of keystroke shortcuts available to
bring up menu options as well as toggle
Toolbars
on and off.
Introduction to Paint Shop Pro 5
Introduction to Paint Shop Pro 5 : Table of Contents
Keyboard Shortcuts
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