Course Aims

This course will introduce you to the basics of Paint Shop Pro which is a powerful art package used to paint, write text, retouch photos, make images ready for the web and much more. 

The skills participants will develop will be to

· Use the basic tools in the program

· Make selections

· Work with layers

· Add effects

· Work with vector images

· Add text effects

· Optimise images

The course is for

Anyone who needs to add art work or use images for advertising & marketing purposes on literature or the web and is new to software packages for this purpose.

Topics covered

· The user interface and toolbars

· Creating images

· Using the tool palette to work on images

· Foreground/background colours

· Setting tool options to achieve different effects

· Airbrushing and working with the picture tube

· Undoing mistakes and printing

· Using the selection tool to draw, copy, paste

· The magic wand

· Working with tolerances and freehand

· Cloning

· Moving selections, modifying and cropping

· Working with layers the layer palette and layer options

· Experimenting with effects, using hue and saturation

· Adding new layers and effects to images and merging these

· Working with vector images, styles, colours & finishing touches

· Text projects, multiple effects (filters)

· Drawing freehand and adding text

· Optimising for the web

· Creating gifs

Delegates will learn how to use the software in a hands-on environment by learning and practising all the techniques described.  The course is highly practical and delegates can apply these skills to numerous projects in the workplace, with a considerable cost-saving.

The benefits

Successful art work can be costly and take time to produce. This package will bring technology into use and enable you to generate high quality images for a number of uses quickly and effectively in-house.

Course duration   1 day