Picture tubes and brushes information for Corel ® Paint Shop Pro ® PC
Picture tubes and brushes notes
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- Backgrounds Use the picture tubes as backgrounds, use them to fill selections
- Paint Use the picture tubes to paint on images
- Source Use the picture tubes as a source for effects.
- Frames Use picture tubes for frames, either as a free flowing edge or use the selection tools to limit the range of the picture tube brush stroke
- Picture tubes options panel Access the picture tubes files via the picture tubes tool and picture tubes palette/browser. The tube offers a number of settings such as the step and scaling of the picture tube
- Tubes cell structure Use the tubes collection and tubes packs to create new unique tubes for Paint Shop Pro ®, simply build a cell structure and apply a tube, modify tubes, and export as a new picture tube. Selecting unusual tube cell settings can be useful in creating stunning abstract design brushes as the brush then paints with parts of the original tube image
- Scaled Tubes can be scaled and modified in many ways, apply the tubes as a sprinkling or re-size above 100% to fill the image with amazing picture tubes.
- Spacing Change the picture tube's step size to create splatters of picture tubes in Paint Shop Pro ® or oozing paint.
- Jitter The tubes can be applied with randomized spacing to create jittered paint designs
- Colorful All the tubes are super colorful. Paint, re-color, apply effects and more. You can always open the picture tube design and re-color and save and re-apply
- Layers Paint on layers and manipulate the picture tubes in many different ways. Transform the layer, apply different effects, duplicate, change the blending mode of the layer (and the picture tube)
- Python and picture tubes scripts Use the pciture tubes and scripts via Python, apply, apply effects, re-apply more tubes and more in zillions of creative ways
- Splat! plug-in Use the tubes in splat! to create stunning backgrounds and designs
- Fills Use the picture tubes to create fills or patterns.
- Overlay Overlay pictures and more to create complex or subtle background fills using the Paint Shop Pro picture tubes
- Symbol Use the tube as a 'layer' / symbol in a design (via the pasteboard)
- Picture frame Or use the picture tubes as a source for a picture frame: create a selection, invert, apply tubes, promote, delete original background and export as a picture frame.
- Selection Use selections and picture tubes to create unique layers and frames for export or use in Paint Shop Pro ®
- Bump map Use the picture tube files as a source for a bump map or environment map in Paint Shop pro ®
- Masks The Paint Shop Pro picture tube file can also be placed in the 'masks' folder and then loaded via the layers->load mask (file) and using different create masks from options, the tube can be applied to an image as a mask / frame.
- Custom brush Use the picture tube as a source for a new custom brush. Create superb smudging or emboss or hue effects
- Brushes Use the custom brushes with all the brush tools in Paint Shop Pro ® such as smear brush or hue brush and others
- Photoshop and picture tubes If you have splat!, you can also open the tubes in Photoshop and use in 100s of way such as apply effects, use as a source for brushes and more
- PhotoImpact and picture tubes You can also import many of the tubes directly into Ulead ® PhotoImpact ™. The tubes can then be re-colored and manipulated in a variety of ways. The TUB files can then be re-colored, pressure to apply opacity, etc
Picture
tubes review
Paint Shop Pro ® tutorials
Please check out a tutorial by Catherine Vondenhuevel: Snow Leopard using elements from the site such as custom brushes and frames Tutorial
1 Define new brush from old (rotation and effect) 1) Open a document 2) Select brush and brush tool 3) Define new raster layer 4) Set color to black (for custom brush) 5) Apply dab or dabs 6) Apply blur via adjust menu or other effects 7) Add other brush dabs perhaps 8) Image menu and rotate (free rotate command) 9) Set the options to an angle (say 45) and rotate single layer option (not all) 10) Select region via the select tool 11) File and export custom brush (you will need the selection size to be less than 500 x 500) and save the new brush 12) Brush will now appear in the brush palette 
Installation
of picture tubes
Please place the TUB files into the picture tubes folder of Paint Shop Pro ® (or the psptubes files depending on the version of the tubes)
The location of the installation varies from version to version. The key thing to remember with PSP, you can always modify the file location of the tubes and brushes and others via the preferences (file menu)
For Paint Shop Pro ®, the picture tubes can be located in the c:\program files\corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro X2\Corel_10 folder If you have a my psp files folder from previous versions, the tubes can also be placed in that folder. The my psp files folder can be found in the Documents and Settings folder.
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