Paint Shop Pro 8 Power!

Chapter 11. Adding to Your Toolkit

The standard Paint Shop Pro tools can take you far, but you're not limited to these tools. Paint Shop Pro 8 lets you expand your toolkit by enabling you to create your own textures, patterns, brushes, preset shapes , Picture Tubes, picture frames , and filters. In this chapter, you'll learn how to add to your toolkit and what kinds of effects you can achieve.

Here's what you'll be exploring in this chapter:

• Making your own textures and patterns

• Making your own shapes and styled lines

• Creating your own gradients

• Creating your own brushes and Picture Tubes and exploring how the two differ

• Making your own picture frames

• Rules of thumb for creating your own User Defined Filters