The Clone tool has been part of Paintshop Pro for many many versions (I remember using it with version 7) and it has various uses: you can hide some parts or you can add others. Let's have a look at a few tips to use the Clone tool.
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4 Ways to hide a face with PaintShop Pro
Privacy is important, and sometimes, we might want to show someone in a photo but another person happens to also be there. Cropping might be an option in certain photos, but not all the time. Maybe you want to showcase a scrapbook page in a gallery but you don't want your child's face to be visible. Whatever the reason is, there are ways to hide some faces in a photo, using PaintShop Pro.
Featured Resource – Auto FX Software
As a PaintShop Pro user, you can often find plugins that look incredibly interesting but they are "Photoshop plugins". Don't be discouraged by the apparent abundance of plugins for other softwares since many of them can work as standalone or inside Paintshop Pro. This the case for the Auto FX Software plugins.
What is the compression?
When you save files, in PaintShop Pro or other programs, it has a certain "size". If a file is too big, we often mention "zipping" the file to make it smaller. In the case of a JPG image, there is another type of "compression" to make your image file smaller if needed. Let's have a look at that.
How to swap heads with PaintShop Pro
Have you ever tried to take a nice family picture only to have one (or some) members in an odd position, with their eyes closed, or making a funny face? It can happen in any group photo and it is hard to avoid completely. If you have a chance to have more than one photo of the group or of the individuals, you might be in luck as PaintShop Pro can help you "swap heads".
Featured resource – Image Composite Editor
Some photographers, amateur and professional, like the idea of taking panoramic photos for some events. Panoramas help include everyone in the frame or showcase breath-taking landscapes. However, not all cameras have the ability to take panoramic photos, so what can you do? Although users have asked for that feature, it is a function that is not used enough to be needed inside PaintShop Pro. However, some standalone programs can do just that, and one is the Image Composite Editor (ICE).
The old ways of using PaintShop Pro
PaintShop Pro has gone through many versions. If you are a long-time user, you probably used more than one version yourself. With each new release, come some new features, new settings, and sometimes, new ways of using the program. At times, those new elements are great. At other times, we miss "the old ways". If that is how you feel about newer versions of PaintShop Pro, maybe there is hope for you. Some "old ways" are still available, if you know where to look!
What is anti-alias?
You might have seen the check box for Anti-Alias when you are activating a selection tool in PaintShop Pro. Do you know what it is, really? Why would you need to check that box? How will it affect your selection? Let's have a look at this function.
I need to reinstall PaintShop Pro
We all have experienced the pain of reinstalling our programs, whether it is after a reformat of our existing computer, when upgrading to a new one or just when we need to reinstall a specific program that started misbehaving. It is long and tedious and something nobody really is looking forward to going through. If PaintShop Pro is among the programs you have to reinstall, here are a few tips to help you before you reformat, or before you change computer.
