Welcome to Eggers PSP
Hints & Tips, Member Tutorials
and Other Resources.
Mini Tutorials:
pages by Maureen
Useful PSP Info
Details of how to set up your files to increase the efficiency of your
program.
Loading Fonts into
Windows
Resizing an Image to Share on the Internet
An easy way to make a Loop Pile Rug for your egg
art, miniatures or dolls house crafts.
Sorting incoming mail in Outlook Express - create
folders to separate your incoming mail.
Read Yahoo mail in
Outlook Express - forward your Yahoo mail to read it in Outlook Express.
pages by Sunni Bergeron
Checking the Outlook Express Options
Resizing An Image
Saving A Graphics File
page
by Sandy
Foreground and Background Colours Explained
page by
Lucille
Kaleidoscope
Effects
This is a short demonstration of the various Effects offered
in Paint Shop Pro. Open any graphic, mouse to the top menu bar and choose Effects then play
with Reflection and Geometric Effects! Don't forget to duplicate your original image and
play with the dup!!
page by Gary LeMaster
Cleaning and Maintenance of Carving Tools
Gary gives a run down on the main points to remember to keep your carving tool
in tip top condition.
page by Larry Stratton
Blowing Eggs.
Larry shares his setup for using an aquarium pump to blow eggs. Other Resources
Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Links
How
to do a Screen Capture - DebbieT with DisDat Designs
PSPv7+ Style
Palette - JascSoftware
Freebies
Hints & Tips
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Photoshop Plugins |
I downloaded
the Paint Engine and the msvcrt10 and plugins.dll files a couple of weeks
ago and followed the directions in the lessons. Well, it didn't work
:(
I know I saw an e-mail with directions on how to download and where to
install these files.
To be able to use plugins created for
Adobe Photoshop in Paint Shop Pro you must have these two dll files
installed correctly. The msvcrt10.dll
file should be unzipped into your C:\Windows\System folder and the plugin.dll
file into your C:\Windows folder. Click on the links to download zips of the 2 files.
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Picture Quality |
I have
always had a bit of trouble with printing quality when using images in
PSP. They look clear as a bell when I have created them, but it seems
once I save it as a .jpg file and then save to disk for printing out, it
loses a lot of quality and winds up grainy and rather fuzzy. How can I
prevent this??
When you convert an image to jpeg this
automatically compresses the pixels, which results in diminished
quality. Try using .tiff format (this is what I use for the cd images
for the commercial printer) or even use the straight .psp format for
printing.
Don't forget to set your resolution to at
least 300+ dpi - the higher the better, depending on what your printer
will handle (sometimes 600 or 1200). Obviously, this will result in a
much larger file size, which is a consideration if you are running short
of space on your computer.
You will also need to adjust the
physical size of the image. Go to Image, Resize - first adjust the
resolution and then click on Actual Size and enter the measurements
you want the image to print out at. Try a test print on a small image
first before you start printing off a whole heap of things just to make
sure it looks OK. Due to the higher resolution it will take much longer
to print out as well.
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Printer & Paper
Queries |
What type
of printer are you using and what type of paper do you most often use
for these designs that you create? Do you run a test print first of some
kind?
I'm using a Canon BJC2100SP printer and just use ordinary copy
paper to print onto. Nothing fancy. If I'm printing a marking diagram I
just use a draft setting - no sense in wasting ink when,
ultimately, it will be washed off the egg.
If I'm doing a paper tole type print I
use the draft setting for the base print (if there's is any cutting
involved) and then replace the pieces with a standard setting or
photo setting on plain paper for the cut-out bits on the final layers.
Using your computer for the prints means
you can print as many as you like in the quality you want without
wasting any. You may find, depending on the stability of your ink, that
you might have to laser copy (colour photocopy) your prints if the ink
tends to run when you apply a lacquer. Test on a scrap piece until you
know how your printer and the ink works for you.
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Channel Scissors |
What are channel scissors and where do you get them?
Channel scissors are used by stained glass people for
cutting foil and lead. They have a single blade on the top
which cuts down between two blades on the bottom, cutting
narrow strips of paper, which are for marking up lattice. By
drawing a line around a plate or bowl you can also cut
curved, even width strips of paper. Check out your local
stained glass supplier in the Yellow Pages. The brand name I
have is Leporitt - pattern shears for lead and foil.
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No Pictures in Email |
Happening an awful lot lately--getting
message [Unable to display image] and no pictures!
Didn't this problem for a long time but seems to have started in the
last couple of months
If you are using XP it may be a default
security setting to block attachments, which was introduced with Service
Pack 1.
In Outlook Express go to Tools, Options, Security,
Virus Protection to see if the "do not allow attachments etc" is
checked? If it is you won't get any pictures etc in your email. Uncheck
and you should be able to view attachments.
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