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05/09/2009 04:33:36 PM · #1
Many Photoshop tutorials also apply to concepts in PaintShop Pro, but it is always nice to have stuff that applies specifically to your own weapon of choice. I'm going to start a list and try add to it whenever I run across something useful that is PaintShop Pro specific. Please add your own if you know of some that I have missed, I'm sure there are plenty more.

PaintShop Pro <---> Photoshop terminology dictionary

The Corel PaintShop Pro group on Flickr

PSP tutorials at Corel.com

Addtional frames and picture tubes at Corel.com

Corel Webinars These appear to be free online events, but I am not 100% certain.

Corel Zoom-in A newsletter for PSP users. I think you need to have a Corel user account to access these.

PSP patches and updates

Corel Knowledgebase Not kept up to date in my experience, but still a useful resource at times.

PaintShop Pro User Group

Go PaintShop Pro A site that exists mainly to promote a PSP book written by the sites owner. Has a number of good tutorials on image adjustments and b/w conversion.

Michele's Paint Shop Newbie 101

Pinoy VII PaintShop Pro tips

PSP-tubes Offers some free picture tubes and tutorials

PaintShop Blog Tutorials and discussion

Video Guide to PaintShop Pro

PaintShop Pro videos on YouTube

PaintShop Pro vs Photoshop A spoof of the Apple "get a mac" ads. This deserved it's own link. Probably as misleading and half-truthful as Apple's ads.

Message edited by author 2009-05-09 21:58:14.
05/09/2009 06:41:42 PM · #2
Thanks! I'll be watching this thread, sometimes I feel as if I am the only person who uses PSP.
05/09/2009 07:03:15 PM · #3
Originally posted by KarenNfld:

sometimes I feel as if I am the only person who uses PSP.

Not at all. I believe it is third most popular on this site after Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. I would love to see some stats, but unless software gets a category in our profiles like cameras, I don't think there is any way of gaining a reasonable head count.
05/09/2009 09:41:57 PM · #4
Thanks for doing this. I too am a PSP user and can't justify the price of Photoshop. Adobe has always had a bit of an attitude about pricing its software high and making sure the secondary market does not discount it.
05/09/2009 10:07:05 PM · #5
Originally posted by KarenNfld:

... sometimes I feel as if I am the only person who uses PSP.


Nope not at all!

I dl'd the 30 day trial of CS whatever it is this month, I used it for about 20 day and shiznit canned it. I would have bought it if it had $500 dollars worth of something extra...it did not.

Here's a tip, with the money you saved grab a copy of Nik Color Efex Pro (and/or Viveza) and plug that into PSP; that is all one needs...and we don't have to do a Major ($$$) upgrade with dobe every other year. :)

YO Yo_spiff, thanks for the links ... It's nice to see that all PSP sites don't relate to scrapbooking.

I do have a bunch of tuts lying around that I should put up somewhere...

Message edited by author 2009-05-09 22:15:20.
05/11/2009 08:50:47 AM · #6
Here is one I found a while ago.

About.com

Tim
05/11/2009 11:00:17 AM · #7
Paintshop pro tutorials @ tutorialized.com
05/13/2009 11:59:10 AM · #8
There is a performance enhancing update (mine is PSP X2 Ultimate) that really does make PSPX2 Ultimate zippy. If you are not seeing it automatically (one pc asked if I wanted to install the update when shutting PSP down...another did not ask), while in PSP click Help > Check for updates.

It was kind of dumb in that it asked if I wanted to install now (I said yes), and then said it couldn't install because PSP was running...so just save it disk and then install or once the install starts close PSP.

I don't know what else it does, but it does seem to increase the performace.
06/06/2009 12:08:17 AM · #9
PaintShop Pro tutorials at Graphics-Tablet.com
PaintShop Pro video tutorials at Graphics-tablet.com
06/06/2009 12:35:06 PM · #10
PaintShop Pro Tutorials group on Flickr
07/12/2009 12:45:22 PM · #11
User Riberg on Youtube has a good selection of video tutorials for PaintShop Pro. (There are some photoshop tutorials mixed in with them as well, so don't assume they are all for PSP) There are also a couple for Corel Painter, I know we have a couple of users of that program on DPC.

Here are individual links:

Multiply blend mode & mask layers
Blend modes 2
Blend modes 3
Dodging and burning using layers & blend modes
High key treatments
Curves and Channel mixer
Photo restoration using clone, scratch remover & object remover
Creating a mirror image
Creating gradients
Airbrushing
Converting to line art
Makeover tools
Scratch remover & clone tool
Brush variance
07/12/2009 12:58:38 PM · #12
Thanks. I checked the first few out. Nothing new really -- well, I learned what Merge Down does and Show all versus Hide All when working with masks. I'll be curious to check out his one on high key treatment. Maybe tonight.
07/12/2009 01:25:34 PM · #13
Great Idea.
09/14/2010 11:44:11 PM · #14
Michele's Paint Shop Newbie 101
05/15/2011 11:03:06 AM · #15
Hi,

How can I use this to resize my photos to meet dpc challenge size requirements? I just tried to upload a photo for a new challenge and it was not allowed due to its size. Please help! I am confounded by this program. Thanks so much.
05/15/2011 02:21:19 PM · #16
Originally posted by caseyface:

Hi,

How can I use this to resize my photos to meet dpc challenge size requirements? I just tried to upload a photo for a new challenge and it was not allowed due to its size. Please help! I am confounded by this program. Thanks so much.

I've got some screenshots of those functions. I'll see if I can help you with that in a PM.
08/21/2011 03:11:14 PM · #17
PaintShop Pro Tutorials on WikiHow
10/05/2011 07:50:59 AM · #18
Is there a way to get the pantone color swatch for PSP X2 including the color number for each i.e. Pantone red032 CVP? Thank you.
10/05/2011 09:19:03 AM · #19
Originally posted by raven4ns:

Is there a way to get the pantone color swatch for PSP X2 including the color number for each i.e. Pantone red032 CVP? Thank you.

Not to my knowledge from within PSP. I was going to give you a link to the PSP group on Flickr, but I see you have already been there as well.

I'd suggest the best way may be to find a Pantone chart that you can print out or view from within any application. Such as this one.
10/05/2011 10:20:34 AM · #20
Thank you YS for the chart. What I am trying to do is find a workflow for duotones similar to PS and duplicate it in PSP X2 if possible. With PS CS2 they have a curve associated with each color and the color can be adjusted using the curve. I have a selenium preset for PS that I want to reproduce with PSP X2 and the first step is getting the Pantone colors into PSP X2. Thank you again for your help.

Tim
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