Font Previews in PSP

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If you are anything like me you have hundreds of fonts. They are so easy to collect & there are so many fun & interesting ones out there to use. But then how do you choose? How can you see what each would look like? PSP makes it easy.  First select the text option from [...] Read more »

Maintaining Aspect Ratio while Resizing in PSP

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A problem many people have when they first start scrapbooking is getting their photos to fit the layouts the way they want.  Photos are almost always either too big or too small for frames & openings or for the layout itself.  It’s easy to resize them in PSP, with just a few steps to keep [...] Read more »

Paint Shop Pro Tutorial – Shadows

Hello scrappers!  Brandy here to bring you your Tuesday Tip.  I have had many requests to type up a shadow tutorial.  I haven’t done so until now because it varies depending on the element, paper, etc.  But, I decided to give it a whirl.  I find that shadows make the layout.  I am not an expert [...] Read more »

Tutorial – Customize Your Workspace in PSP

I just upgraded my PSP version.  I love new software & the new features that come with it. But what I do not love is that nothing is where it should be, in my opinion. I have been using PSPX2 for a number of years now & have the workspace all set up for my [...] Read more »

Tutorial: Text on a path in Paint Shop Pro

Text on a path is a fun feature of Paint Shop Pro. All it requires is a vector shape to follow. I have this photo I want to frame with text First I choose shapes from the tools menu Then I drag the shape out where I want the words on my photo I leave [...] Read more »

Tutorial: Using Layer Groups with Paint Shop Pro

One of the things I love about PSP is layer groups. Layer groups make moving or resizing several things all together very easy. I use it mostly for title work.  I often find alphas to be bigger than I want or I want to move the title around the layout to see where it works [...] Read more »

Tutorial–Creating Your Own Script in PSP

I use scripts all the time when I scrap in PSP. Some of them are photo editing scripts, some add watermarks, and I have a couple that will create alphas from a font & paper, or turn text into scribble & other fun effects. I found some on the web and some I created myself. [...] Read more »

Tutorial–recoloring in PSP

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There are several ways to recolor items to suit your needs in PSP. Today I am going to show you two of them. I wanted to customize a football jersey from Penny’s Game Day kit. She had a navy & gold jersey but my college colors are a brighter blue & the jersey is gold [...] Read more »