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SETTING
A TRANSPARENT COLOUR
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When
you are creating a GIF image, you can specify one colour
to be transparent. Once you finish working on the image,
decrease the colors to 256 from Colors>Decrease Color
Depth. Using the Dropper tool, right-click the color
you want to make transparent to set it as a background
color. Click on Colors>Set Palette Transparency and
select the option of setting the transparency value
to the current background color.
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USING
BRUSH-SIZED POINTERS
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When
you are working with a Paint brush or Air brush, it
is handy to see the size of the brush to know where
it will paint. To view the pointer shape, switch to
the cursor and go to the Tablet Options tab from the
Tool options palette. Enable Use Precise Cursors and
Show Brush Outlines. The brush shape and size will appear
over the entire area that it covers.
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PASTE
TO SIZE
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If you
have to paste an image into a part of another image,
select the area in the target and click on Edit>Paste>Into
Selection. You can also paste into an irregular shaped
selection.
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PASTE
WITHOUT A BACKGROUND
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When
copying a selection and pasting it on to another image,
you can paste it without its background. Before pasting,
set the current background colour to the colour that
you want to remove. Click on Edit>Paste>As Transparent
Selection. The image minus the background is pasted.
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MAKING
MULTIPLE SELECTIONS
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can add an area to the current selection by holding the
(Shift) key as you select a new area. To deselect a part
of a selection, hold the (Ctrl) key as you select an area.
Using this, you can create multiple selection tools to
build a complex selection.
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CUSTOMISING
THE UNDO/REDO OPTIONS
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To change
the options for Undo and Redo, click on File>Preferences>General
Program Preferences and select Undo/Redo. Configure
the way PSP should handle Undo/Redo information. Click
OK to save the settings.
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APPLYING
THE CHARCOAL EFFECT
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Charcoal
paintings do tend to mesmerise you, and it’s easy
to get the same effect even in PSP. Open the image and
convert the image to Grayscale. Click on Colors>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast.
Keep the settings as Brightness:50 per cent and Contrast:20
per cent. You can play with the settings as the colour
variation may differ from image to image. Click on Effects>Edge>Edge
Enhance More. You’ll get your desired charcoal
effect. Alternatively, Effect>Artistic Effects>Charcoal
should also work, but always convert the image to Grayscale
first.
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CUSTOMISING
TOOLBARS
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If your
toolbar is too cluttered, you can customize it to show
fewer items. For example, you can get rid of New, Open.
Cut, Copy, etc and use their shortcuts instead. To customize
the toolbar, click on View>Toolbar. Select the toolbar
you wish to modify and click on Customise.
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