Paintshop Pro Web Graphic 3e

by Lori J. Davis, Andrew Bryce Shafran, Andy Shafran

This guide to creating great graphics using Paint Shop Pro focuses on Web-specific solutions, showing users how to build simple graphics from scratch, modify existing logos and graphics, and create... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929685130
• ISBN13: 9781929685134
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Muska & Lipman Publishing
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Read it first, then the manual

This is truly a great book if you want to get up to speed fast. It doesn't cover everything, but that's a GOOD thing --- no sense getting confused ahead of time! It will give you a sound base upon which you can build by reading the PSP manual or any of a number of Web resources. I think it deserves at least five stars.

Great book!

I'm developing some Web-based training and needed to reduce the file size of some graphics. With this book, it took me 15 minutes to learn how to do this. The book has lots of other practical advice for creating and modifiying graphics and photographs for the Web. I, who have absolutely no artistic ability, was even able to create a fairly decent Web page with a bordered background and buttons and other fancy stuff. Be aware, though, that this book is not for Paint Shop Pro beginners--you really need to know a little about the program before you jump in.

Can't complain!

As a beginner of Paint Shop Pro, this book provided everything I needed to advance from the basics to creating graphics that I never thought I could create. Although this book isn't all-inclusive of PSP7's power, it does give enough detailed examples and colorful illustrations of the subjects within to appease the reader.My only disappointment was the lack of subjects, such as Masking and Channels, however, these and many other subjects have been or will be dealt with in the publisher's periodic e-newsletter.

Just right

Software developers are often graphically challenged. We spend a great deal of time pouring over code and usually turn to the artist-types when we need graphics for a web site. But if the artists are not available and you need a basic graphic fast, what do you do? For Paint Shop Pro users, you turn to a book like this for help.A graphics expert might find this book lacking in detail, but it was perfect for my needs. In addition to describing the basics of Paint Shop Pro, topics such as creating backgrounds, making buttons, and working with layers were all covered. There is also a section on retouching digital photos, something even the casual hobbyist would find useful. The book itself is an attractive publication containing an extraordinary amount of full-color illustrations. My only complaint was that a few topics could have been covered in a bit more detail. Perhaps a few more web design tips would be a nice touch as well. Those were the only items preventing me from giving the book 5 stars.

Great Beginners Book!

Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics - Third Edition focuses on using Paint Shop Pro 7 program by JASC Software, with a few diversions. Chapter 5, for example, covers Web Graphic Basics, which may be useful to some readers. If you are familiar with Paint Shop Pro 6, or work with web graphics on a more advanced level you may find this book not extremely helpful. I do feel it is a very good beginners book for using the latest version of this software. JASC Software has made tremendous leaps to improve this program and with a few exceptions this book covers the software in a concise manner. On the downside, I was extremely disappointed in their not covering a few topics that the advanced web graphic artist would need, and those were Alpha Channels, Adjustment Layers, Actions, and Masks. . I wish these types of books would come with the images used in the book on a CD. The examples in this book are available on-line as an almost 3 MG zip file.