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While
creating V8
The Easy Way,
I went over
on time on Disk
1 and the What's
New video was
corrupt. Thankfully,
it was a mainly
my talking about
what's new in
PSP8 and not
a lot of "action"
and it didn't
corrupt any of
the lessons.
For
those who are
curious as to
what is new in
PSP8 and which
lessons or disk
they can find
some of these
things, I have
written this
up for you. There
are a couple
of videos that
you can review
if you choose
to do so, this
will also give
those of you
who aren't familiar
with my CD's
what they can
expect.
First
of all, all of
the menu icons
are new,
and
with the exception
of files open
file save, all
dialogs remember
their last used
size and position.
All effects dialogs
can be resized,
SEE
VIDEO BY CLICKING
HERE, the
preview pane
can be shown
or hidden, most
of the effects
dialogs have
the ability to
save or load
presets and just
click the dice
to randomize
the parameters.
If you double
click on the
top of a dialog
box, it will
go to full screen.
Holding
down the shift
key while selecting
a menu item will
bypass the command
dialog and run
the command with
the last used
parameters.
The
material palette
has two different
configurations.
One is designed
for vertical
orientation and
the other is
for horizontal
orientation.
As you resize
the Material
Palette it will
switch to the
appropriate layout
- learn more
about the Material
Palette in lesson
4.
A
list of all of
the currently
used keyboard
accelerators
can be found
on the help menu.
The
menu layout has
changed significantly
since PSP7 and
those changes
are noted in
the lessons reflecting
the different
menus. Also,
for those of
you who just
can't live without
the PSP7 workspace,
JASC has created
a workspace for
you to help you
to adjust. Go
to File/Workspace/Load.
Click on Paint
Shop Pro 7 at
the bottom of
the list.
The
file locations
dialog now supports
dedicated locations
for a number
of file types,
and the previous
restriction of
no more than
3 locations has
been removed.
Learn more about
this in Lesson
1 - Preferences.
Also in Lesson
1 you will find
the new reset
preferences dialog
that can reset
various aspects
of PSP to the
out of box configuration
without requiring
you to edit your
registry or secret
keystrokes when
starting the
application.
The
new Learning
Center (Lesson
3) provides a
location in the
application for
displaying short
tutorials called
Quick Guides.
Customization!
WOW! You aren't
going to believe
what you can
do here! Not
only can you
customize to
your hearts content,
you can also
create new toolbars
and menus to
your liking in
Lesson 2.
PSP8
now has a full
blown scripting
engine based
on the Python
programming language.
This will record
your keystrokes
and there are
TWO lessons on
Disk 1 regarding
scripts.
In
the Image Menu
(Lesson 9) canvas
size, borders,
and frames are
all redesigned
and the Image
Information now
supports EXIF
data from digital
cameras.
The
Effects Browser
has been completely
redesigned to
now generating
a page of thumbnails
that show the
affect of applying
a particular
preset for a
given effect.
SEE
VIDEO BY CLICKING
HERE The
add noise dialog
now supports
gaussian noise
and a monochrome
mode.
New
photo correction
tools for correcting
pincushion, fisheye,
and barrel distortion
are now in the
Adjust Menu (Disk
2). In PSP7 Grey
World was an
option in the
Manual Color
Correction dialog,
it now has its
own filter in
PSP8 and the
Manual Color
Corrections dialog
now supports
explicit settings
of both source
and target colors.
This is now a
soft focus filter
that simulates
the effect of
a photographic
soft focus filter
and a magnifying
lens effect that
places a magnifying
lens over a portion
of the image.
Balls
and Bubbles places
one or more balls
or bubbles on
an image. There
is a halftone
filter that simulates
the halftone
process used
in printing.
Seamless tiling
now supports
a number of different
modes to make
an image seamless.
No longer will
you need to use
the 20/20 program
and you will
learn all about
these on disk
2, along with
the offset filter
that is used
to shift the
image on the
canvas.
The
drop shadow is
now easier to
use and you can
optionally create
the shadow as
a new layer.
Lens distortion
can be used to
simulate pincushion,
fisheye, or barrel
distortion to
an image. Polar
coordinates transforms
pixels by mapping
them from rectangular
to polar or vice
versa. More on
this on disk
2.
User
defined filters
now has a number
of presets and
now uses the
standard effect
dialog that supports
previewing, proofing,
and adding presets.
New to the adjust
menu is black
and white points
that allows you
to correct the
color of an image
by specifying
how to adjust
at least one
of a highlight
color, a midtone
color, and a
shadow color.
The
Histogram Adjustment
dialog now displays
the histogram
of both the original
image and the
adjusted image.
Disk
2 we go over
all of the layer
changes as the
layering system
has changed in
several significant
ways. It now
supports layer
groups which
are different
from layer grouping
in PSP7. Masks
are now treated
as a type of
layer, so the
old mask menu
has been removed
and its functionality
has migrated
to the layer
menu.
PSP8
introduces the
selection edit
mode, where the
selection is
treated as if
it were a layer.
In this mode
all of the raster
painting/drawing
tools and effects
can be used to
modify the selection
marquee. In selection
mode the marquee
is automatically
replaced with
a colored overlay
called a ruby
lith. You will
see more of this
in different
lessons, especially
in the text lesson.
Selection
modifiers - boy
are there a lot
of new options
here and you
will learn more
about them in
the Selections
Lesson on Disk
2. All of the
selection modifiers
now support the
standard proof/preview/preset
controls on the
dialog box and
the view can
be toggled between
showing the selection
against transparency
or showing the
resulting selection
marquee.
Painting
~~ OMG when you
get to the painting
lesson you are
going to be astounded
as to what you
can do with the
paint tools now.
There is a brush
variance palette,
the ability to
not only save
brushes but to
save presets
and nibs. You
are going to
enjoy these two
lessons on Disk
2.
Freehand
Selection now
has a new mode
called Edge Seeker,
which is similar
to the existing
Smart Edge mode,
but it is better
at following
a weak edge or
weak edge next
to a strong one.
Here's
a neat trick
for you - by
holding down
the alt key while
drawing, the
selection mode
is temporarily
switched from
the edge seeker
mode back to
freehand for
dragging or point
to point by clicking
- so it is possible
to mix the modes
in one selection
operation.
The
Magic Wand now
has the ability
to antialias
a selection and
the eyedropper
now supports
multiple sampling
sizes, from the
single pixel
used in PSP7
up to an 11x11
square.
The
text tool has
been completely
redesigned and
you will learn
more about this
in lesson 12
on disc 1. The
line tool and
node edit tool
have been combined
into a single
tool called the
Pen tool. A number
of new node edit
functions exist,
including a contour
knife for breaking
contours. There
is a Pen Tool
overview lesson
on Disk 2 as
well as some
vector lessons.
There
is a perspective
tool new to PSP8
that is designed
to fix perspective
errors on an
image, along
with a straighten
tool to straighten
scanned or tilted
photos. The mesh
warp tool is
new to PSP8.
This is a method
of warping an
image by distorting
a mesh laid on
top of the image.
Moving the handles
in the mesh moves
the corresponding
pixels in the
image accordingly.
Warp
Brush lets you
distort and image
almost as if
it were made
of rubber. You
can stretch,
shrink, twist,
push, etc. and
you will learn
a little about
this in the text
lesson on Disk
1 and more on
it on Disk 2.
Another
new tool is the
Background Eraser
which is ideal
for the tubers,
check out disk
2 for more on
this new tool.
The
overview window
now includes
a zoom slide
bar and a new
tab called Info.
The info tab
displays both
general information
about your image
and your cursor
position.
When
you Exit PSP8
there is a new
dialog box that
pops up if you
have any unsaved
images. SEE
VIDEO BY CLICKING
HERE
This
is what is new
and/or improved
in PSP8 and now
you can understand
why this has
turned into a
2 disk set, actually
it easily could
have gone to
3 disks. Enjoy
the lessons,
the tutorials
and most of all
enjoy PSP8.
You
will find video
lessons like
this, and MUCH
more, on V8
The Easy Way
a TWO disk CD
set for your
learning pleasure.
To find out more
about this set
click HERE.
If
you have any
problems, comments
or questions
please do not
hesitate to E-mail
me.
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