1:37 PM 6/21/2004 © How to Use Eyedropper Tool in Jasc PSP8  Level 1 Beginner Tut  One Layer - Tube - Text - Move Tool - Eyedropper - Select None ©Apk ^ My Terms of Use ^ Part 1 - First - Getting Started START > PROGRAMS > JASC SOFTWARE > JASC PAINT SHOP PRO 8 Open Paint Shop Pro Go to File > New Create a new raster image Set size to 400 X 400 Check transparent option on bottom Make sure 16 million colors is checked Click OK   Part 2 - Get the Picture Tube Tool 1. Tool Bar is on left side of workspace In PSP 8 it looks like a bullet - 12th tool icon down 2. Hover very slowly with ur mouse so u can read tool names 3. Tool Options should open across top of workspace 4. If not to open them - Right click tube icon... Choose palette then choose tool options Note: A picture tube is the file type of images used in Jasc PSP programs Part 3 - On tool option bar  1. Click little arrow on preview window 2. Scroll to find the tube named Toys   3. See my screen captured picture below 4. Left Click the tube named TOYS 5. Place cursor into empty transparent frame 6. Left click mouse to put bicycle into the frame 7. Let go of cursor then it is set   Part 4 - Mover Tool 1. To center top and bottom side to side 2. If u want to move it use the 4-way mover tool 3. It's 4th tool from the top Part 5 - Font Tool 1. Get the Font Tool aka Text tool  14th tool down - Looks like a Capital A It is nearer the bottom of the left side toolbar 2. Hover very slowly and u can read tool names 3. When u click it the tool options open across top of workspace 4. Remember if they don't open then left click the tool icon then choose palettes > then tool options to open them 5. First things first - on tool bar - choose FLOATING 6. Font Style - Choose Arial size 30 7. Now Choose Stroke of 2 so u can have a colored edge to ur font 8. Always check anti-alias to keep edges smooth 9. Choose Center Alignment 10. Auto-Kern must be checked 11. A box opens named TEXT ENTRY 12. Type in there - hilight text so u can alter it 13. Check the box save last entry 14. Let it stay for now do not apply   Part 6 - Material Palette 1. Find Material Palette 2. If it is not visible Go to View > Palettes > Material 3. In PSP 8 styles boxes can be alongside the colors palette or beneath it as it is PSP7 4. STYLES: Top box is the color of the stroke or edge of text 5. STYLES: Bottom color box is for fill or inside of text   Part 7 - Eyedropper Tool For Top Color Box - Stroke 1. Left click the Eyedropper tool on side tool bar It's 6th tool down   OR 2. Left click inside the small top color box and it will appear there itself 3. Look at the color box - a bigger color palette screen is opened 4. It's named MATERIAL - ON TOP IT SAYS STYLES   5. Put the eyedropper on some part of ur tube I chose the red fender for my sample from the bike 6. Then click the exact spot of color for the edges of text 7. A tiny circle can be seen two places on that new COLOR screen 8. One is outside the ring of color and 9. The other circle is in the center box of color 10. Put the eyedropper inside that tiny circle in the center square box 11. Left click to set chosen color in color box to match color in tube 12. Now Click OK to the material screen & it closes 13. Now the box in the top changes to red from my fender Part 8 - Eyedropper   for Bottom Box of Color - Fill 1. Repeat the steps in Part 7 to match the bottom or fill box to a color from bike I chose the yellow-green shade in my sample   Part 9 - Text Entry Box 1. First of all - Ur text is still NOT applied 2. U have chosen the text style - size & materials for making ur text 3. On the frame in the workspace where tube is - still shows Text Icon A 4. U can see a sampling of the text before u hit apply on ur image 5. If u want to change what u see Just use that eyedropper again and choose another color 6. U can always go to Edit > Undo   and try again 7. If u like what u see - In the text entry box & in the image frame... 8. Click Apply   Part 10 - Floating Text 1. We chose floating option to make our text 2. U see marching ants or dots around ur text 3. Those show selected part we are currently working on 4. So we must stop the floating or marching ants...lol 5. Go to Selections on the top of program 6. Select None and then it is de-selected - No more ants!   7. When u do that ur text and tube are put together on same layer 8. Looks at Layer Palette. U have one layer only   Part 11 - Save   1. To save go to File 2. Find EXPORT 3. Choose export as .Jpeg optimizer 4. Choose Use Wizard 5. Click next all the way thru until it says finish 6. It will save ur picture with a white background 7. Now u have text that coordinates with ur tube Part 12 - Homework 1. Make two or three of these exercises 2. Each time use a different tube and a different font 3. Change colors - materials - size - placement 4. Practice 5. Experiment 6. Have Fun 7. When it gets stressful - stop 8. Try again later â„¢BellaDama�?/STRONG> MY OTHER EZ LEVEL 1 OR 2 TUTORIALS TO TRY: TUT 11 Ez 3D Background      TUT 18 Ez Bird House     TUT 13 Ez Stuffed Chair Frame   TUT 19 Ez Blond Angel TUT 4 EZ NEW at PSP 8    TUT 5 Boy Wolf PSP 8 INTRO   TUT 53 Ez Hearts Girl Begin    TUT 63 Ez BoyRabbit TUT 64 Ez Rabbit Ears    TUT 69 EZ Hawaiian Eternity   TUT 65 Ez St Pat's Babe    TUT 15 Ez No-Filter Mosaic DNV DOOR 2 All Tuts List