Topics to be Covered

• Installation
• The interface
• Introduction
  • Vector vs. Raster
  • File formats
  • Graphic editors
• Basic tasks
  • Browsing and opening graphic files
  • Optimizing images for the web
    • Resizing images
    • color depth/Reducing the number of colors
    • Converting files
  • Capturing screenshots
  • Selecting areas of an image
  • Cropping images
  • Creating transparent GIFs
  • Cleaning up scanned pictures (sample)
  • Working with text
• Intermediate Tasks
  • Creating buttons
  • Applying special effects to text
  • PSP tubes
• Tips
  • Create the image at a higher resolution, adjust all details, and only then resize it to the actual size needed using "smart resize" for better quality (provides better anti-aliasing).
  • Always keep original images in case you have to go back and change something.

Useful Links

Corel's Paint Shop Pro 9 Tutorials

Corel's Paint Shop Gallery

Lori's Web Graphics

Maegg Graphics' Paint Shop Pro Tutorials

Developing Webs' PSP Tutorials

Suz's Place - A Little Bit of PSP

Useful Links

CSTL Web Page

Online Instructor Suite Download & Manuals Page

Other Downloads

Faculty Support Pages

Institute Web Site