This book covers how to learn to create graphic drawings, enhance photos and create animations. It makes Paint Shop Pro easy to learn with point-and-click instructions.
No heavy jargon, just helpful information. The user-friendly approach is ideal for beginners of Paint Shop Pro looking to enhance any graphics project, and experienced users looking to grasp the new features quickly.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
One step at a time:
A very nicely written book working with this subject. Just open the book and follow along. You will soon be doing some amazing things with this great software. I am very happy with the software, and this book for showing me how to use the program. I knew absolutely nothing about working with this type of software. This book has brought it up to speed fast and I have been able to impress a lot of friends with my on hands knowledge.
Don't bother:
I am a commercial artist and have some computer experience, mostly word processing and the internet. I've been waiting to take the plunge into computer graphics for years, and finally overcame my paranoia and bought the software and this book. It was not a good choice. With its black and white photos, dense dry technical-writing style and limited scope, it was very off-putting: a book to reluctantly plow through, not devour. I recommend Paint shop Pro8 Zero to Hero instead. It has great color photos and is... more info
(2.5) No fast and easy answers here:
Whenever I buy a another book in an effort to unravel the Paint Shop Pro program I have yet to conquer, I have great expectations that this new one will answer the questions that plague me. I have searched through the help menu offered by the Paint Shop Pro 8, but need more visual aids. I paged through Paint Shop Pro 8, Fast and Easy, having ordered it online, going from chapter to chapter to see what problems are addressed in each part of the book, in more detail than was available online. I am... more info
Strictly for novices:
This book is VERY basic. It is written for people who have never used Paint Shop Pro and may be intimidated by the manual that comes with the program. If you want to improve your existing basic skills, this is NOT the book for you! As soon as I opened the book, I realized I made a mistake in buying it. As an example, on page 136, "Adjustment layers are beyond the scope of this book and will not be addressed." Chapter 10 on masks starts by saying, "Masking is probably one of the most powerful features of... more info
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