Paint Shop Pro 7: Introduction

Course length: 1 day (6 Hours)

Course description

Overview: Paint Shop Pro 7: Introduction is a hands-on instructor-led class that teaches students to use Jasc Paint Shop Pro for creating and editing graphic images.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the Software Training course Windows 98: Introduction, or have extensive equivalent knowledge:

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities and independent lab activities.

Benefits: Students will use Paint Shop Pro's tools for the creation of custom graphic images, photo manipulation, perform adjustments to color balance and contrast, and prepare graphics for Web applications.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand basic computer hardware and software concepts. This course was developed for the student who has little or no experience using Jasc Paint Shop Pro, and who needs to learn the basic skills that are necessary in order to begin using this program efficiently.

Performance-based objectives:

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

· Navigate in the Jasc Paint Shop Pro environment.

· Use Paint Shop Pro's tools for selecting, editing, cropping, and cloning graphic images.

· Create shapes, apply paintbrush and airbrush effects, and create picture tubes.

· Define color preferences, adjust colors and depth, and use channels effectively.

· Create and manipulate layers and masks to manage complex images efficiently.

· Enhance images by retouching photos, applying filters, deformations, and custom text, and creating custom buttons and text.

· Use Paint Shop Pro's features to prepare graphics for Web applications.

Course content

Lesson 1: Paint Shop Pro's Environment

What is Paint Shop Pro?

Navigating in Paint Shop Pro

Raster and Vector Graphics

Lesson 2: Image Selection and Manipulation

Image Size and Resolution

Selecting and Editing Images

Cropping Images

Cloning Images

Lesson 3: Drawing and Painting Techniques

Creating with Shapes, Lines, and Text

Using the Flood Fill and Airbrush Tools

Creating Picture Tubes

Lesson 4: Working with Color

Analyzing Color

Adjusting Colors and Depth

Working with Channels

Lesson 5: Image Layers and Masks

Layers

Working with Masks and Selections

Lesson 6: Enhancing Images

Working with Filters

Applying Deformations

Text on a Path and 3D Images

Lesson 7: Preparing Graphic Images for the Web

Considerations for Creating Web Graphics

Optimizing and Exporting Images