Using Guides and Grid in PaintShop Pro

PaintShop Pro comes with a few neat tools to align elements. Guides and Grids are among them. Although they work similarly, they also have some obvious differences. When do you need to use one or the other? Let’s have an overview of both tools.

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Scrapbooking Theme – Snacks

Snacks are beloved by many for their convenience in providing a quick and easy way to satisfy hunger. They serve as a convenient way to keep energy levels stable throughout the day, preventing that mid-afternoon crash. In addition, snacking can be a helpful tool in controlling hunger before a meal,

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Create a fun birthday card with candles

Birthday cards can be ordinary or stand out. Using PaintShop Pro, you can create a fun birthday card that will suit anyone and you can customize it. This tutorial was inspired by a card Anne B. sent me this year. Let’s see how easy it can be.

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How to Export Picture Tubes

Picture tubes are a special feature of PaintShop Pro. They allow you to place images on your project in a random way, but you can also use different placement settings to create a continuous element like a rope, a set of footprints, or a wooden fence. How do you create

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Double Exposure with PaintShop Pro

Double exposure projects allow you to showcase an image inside of a silhouette. Ideally, you will want the photo and the shape to be related together for a more impactful effect. Although some people will just layer two photos as if a roll of film was exposed twice, we will

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Brushes need two files. Really?

If you use brushes in PaintShop Pro, you might not care much about the file system that you need. However, if you purchase, download, or share brushes, this is important information. Let’s have a look at the files needed for a brush to work correctly in PaintShop Pro.

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Scrapbooking Theme – Adventures

Have you ever felt the excitement of stepping foot into a new, unknown location? The feeling of anticipation as you explore unfamiliar terrain and embark on new adventures is truly one of life’s greatest thrills. It appeals to the wanderlust in all of us. Modern-day thrill-seekers seeking adrenaline-pumping experiences inspire

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Create loose stitches with PaintShop Pro

You can add flat stitching to a variety of projects, but if you create loose stitches, it will add dimension. Loose stitches are quite uneven: their shadow should also match. It is a manual process as no script or pre-made settings will do the trick for every stitch. Let’s see

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Featured Resource – Open as a Layer

When creating various graphic projects, we often repeat the same steps over and over again. That is when scripts become very helpful tools. Several of those tool scripts are available in the Creation Cassel store, a related site to the Campus. The script we will feature here, is the “Open

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Using a graphic tablet instead of a mouse

I have been using a graphic tablet for over 15 years. I started with a Bamboo Fun model and recently replaced it with an Intuos model CTL6100WL when the previous one stopped working.  Often, I get asked why I chose a graphic tablet instead of a mouse, like I was

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