• Published in conjunction with the new release of Paint Shop Pro, this book walks readers through image-editing fundamentals as well as more advanced graphics and animation tools
• Shows photography and animation hobbyists how to create quality, professional-looking graphics
• Discusses painting, spraying, retouching photos, adding artistic effects, layering, masking layers, adjusting color, moving, reshaping, copying, and printing images
• Also examines how to create Web images and animated graphics with
• Jasc's Animation Shop
• Author has written more than a dozen technology books

From the Back Cover

Enhance colors, erase mistakes, and improve your image

Create professional-looking graphics for print or the Web, easily and economically

Okay, youÔÇÖve got some great pictures ÔÇô and maybe some not-so-great ones. With this handy guide and Paint Shop Pro 8, you can make them magnificent, inexpensively! Find out how to capture those images and repair, retouch, create cool effects, add text, animate images, make prints ÔÇô well, you get the picture.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

About the Author

David Kay is a writer, engineer, artist, and the author of five For Dummies books.

William "The Ferrett" Steinmetz is a freelance Webmaster and editor who helms StarCityGames.com.