PSP Tips



When downloading selections for a tutorial put them onto a disk to save taking up that valuable hard drive space. Then when needed just go to 'load from disk' and browse to where you save your selections to on your disk.



To keep your settings from changing every time you swap a tool, just check mark the lock option box.



Swap between layers quickly with the mover tool in PSP7. Just be careful that you don't move that layer. If you do just click on your un-do arrow once and the layer is back in it's original position.



The quickest, easiest way to do a Screen Shot is... press the 'Print Scrn SysRq' key on your key board and then paste as a new image. Now just crop out what you need... easy huh =)



When using the eraser tool and you erase a little too much, don't worry... just right click and go over that area again, surprise! its back =)



Right click on your fore ground and back ground color boxes to view last 10 colors used.



To draw your objects already centered, try using the right button instead of your left.
Left = side to side.
Right = from center out.



How About Some Keyboard Shortcuts for PSP.

A-Z Keys Ctrl + Shift + Other
a..... Freehand Tool Ctrl + a..... Select All Shift + b..... Brightness F1..... Help Menu
b..... Paint Brush Ctrl + b..... Open Browser Shift + c..... Minimize PSP F12.... Save As Box
c..... Toggle Color Palette Ctrl + i..... Image Information Shift + d..... Duplicate Image Tab.... Toggle Floating Palettes
d..... Arrow Tool Ctrl + m..... Mirror Image Shift + g..... Gamma Correction dialog box >.... Color Replacer
e..... Eraser Ctrl + n..... New Image Shift + h..... Hue, Saturation, Lightness dialog box >.... Picture Tubes
f..... Flood Fill Ctrl + o..... Open File Shift + l..... Colorize dialog box /.... Shapes Tool
g..... Zoom Tool Ctrl + r..... Rotate Image Shift + m..... Shadow, Midtone, Highlight dialog box
h..... Toggle Histogram Ctrl + s..... Save As Shift + o..... Load Palette dialog box
i..... Line Tool Ctrl + l..... New Layer Shift + s..... Resize Image
l..... Toggle Layer Palette Ctrl + z.... Undo Shift + v..... Adjust R,G,B Settings
m..... Magic Wand Ctrl + Alt + z.... Redo Shift + w..... New Window
n..... Clone Brush Ctrl + x.... Cut Shift + z..... Posterize dialog box
o.... Toggle Tool Options Box
p..... Toggle Tool Bar
r..... Crop Tool
s..... Selection Tool
u..... Spray Can
v..... Mover Tool
x..... Add Text
y..... Color Picker
z..... Retouching Tool



More to come soon. If you have a tip that you would like to share
just e-mail it to me and I will post it and give you credit for your tip.