Into the Beta with PSP7
August 11, 2000
Jasc has forged ahead into new frontiers.... While the program is still in beta testing, it's well worth your time to check it out, even with the normal beta bugs that you'll find. If you're squeamish about program crashes or frustrated by features that don't work properly then I'd suggest you wait for the release version. On the other hand, if you're adventurous, don't hesitate to grab your copy of the beta.

Paint Shop Pro 7 is a stoke of genius on the part of Jasc Software. Who would have thought they could find any more features to add, or have improved on the existing features... but they did! Just take a quick look at what's new...

Victory with Vectors; or How to Create Curved Text with PSP7
November 3, 2000
Creating vector text can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. For most of us, creating text on a path and fitting existing text to a path is all we'll ever need. Enter the world of curl...

Slicing and Dicing with PSP 7
October 6, 2000
Slicing images up into sections for placement in a table has been the webdevelopers bane since it was first discovered that cool designs could be created with tables, and images would load faster if they were cut up into smaller pieces. Definitely not a fun time, but Jasc has come to the rescue with it's latest release of Paint Shop Pro! PSP7 includes several new web features, one of which is a slicer that handles the job very well.

Into the Shadows
October 26, 2000
Isn't a shadow on a graphic, just ... well, a shadow? Not even close. There are so many varieties of shadows that we will not even be able to cover them in this tutorial. I will be leaving one whole class of shadows, the perspective shadow to a second article. We will spend this whole time talking about ... plain old shadows.

Paint Shop Pro Selections
October 12, 2000
An entire tutorial devoted totally to Paint Shop Pro selection techniques.

PSP7 Viewlets