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Web Page Layout Tutorial Web Page Layout (part 1) Learn how to design a web page layout with this Paint Shop Pro X2 Tutorial.




Web Page Slicing Layout Tutorial Web Page Slicing (part 2) Learn how to slice a layout for a fluid, optimized web page with Paint Shop Pro X2.




Dreamweaver Custom Website Layout Tutorial Dreamweaver Site Design (part 3) Learn how to use your new custom layout in Dreamweaver.




Image Blending Tutorial Basic PSP Image Blending Learn how to do some basic image blending with this Paint Shop Pro Tutorial.




Making Bows in Paint Shop Pro Drawing Bows Learn how to draw and color in bows with PSP X2.




Using Dingbats in PSP Graphic Dingbats Learn how to turn all those dingbat fonts into animated graphics in PSP X2.




Sticker Tutorial Making Stickers Learn how you can make images with the sticker look with this Paint Shop Pro Tutorial.




Sunflower Tube Tutorial Perfect Tube Learn how to remove the background from your photographs, fix any missing areas of your main focal point, and export the item as a PSP Tube in PSP X2.




Make Over TutorialEasy Makeover Change the colors hue of eyes, lips, hair, and use the very cool Infrared effects in this PSP Photo Makeover.




Coloring Tutorial Coloring In PSP Michele shows you how to color in images by using layers, and then using the wonderful 3D effect known as the cutout effect along with Gaussian Blur, and more.




Background Tutorial Custom Backgrounds Learn how to use Paint Shop Pro to make your very own backgrounds, patterns, fills, and accents. We will make a background with accents to compliment your very own custom designs. Learn how to use selections, pick tools, layers, 3D effects, shadows, and more.




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Michele's Paint Shop Newbie 101 is dedicated to providing you with free PSP Tubes, Paint Shop Professional Tutorials, and information on Web & Graphic Design optimization. We are and always will be a free non-membership site. We stay up to date with the current versions and we are offering help on Paint Shop Professional Photo X2 Ultimate, which is one of the best Photo Editing Programs. We also help our visitors learn how to use Dreamweaver CS3-CS4. Learn how to make custom graphics, tubes, animations, special images such as logos, banners, and even design your own web site. Our site is always fresh and we cater to first timers, beginners, and even the advanced so that everyone can benefit from this site. To all my web visitors, and friends that have supported me all these years I want to thank you. The support inspires me to continue building the site which now has over 26,000 unique visitors, and because you deserve it we will always do our best to offer you the best free helpful information via content and links!

Here are just a few samples of what you will find in our tubes section.

Pixel Lineart Unicorn TubeGraphic Flower Tube  PNG PSPTUBE  psptubes pspimage  Graphics Animations

Country AngelDragonfly  Swan Tube  Cartoon Octopus
PSP X2 Pencil Tubes by Michele's Paint Shop

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Graphic Video Guide Tutorial Presentations PSP Video Tutorials
Learn how to manipulate Paint Shop Pro, Dreamweaver, and more.

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Tutorials SamplesOur Tutorial Guide section offers a mix of web design and PSP X2 tutorials to help you learn more about PSP, Dreamweaver, Animation Shop, and more.

Paint Shop Professional is the top affordable graphic design programs for scrapbookers, web designers, photographers, artists, animation artists, and more. The popularity of this program has grown since version 8, and I expect it to continue to only get better with each version update.

Would you like to learn how to make your very own transparent graphics? Transparent graphics are very popular today with every type of digital project there is today. Transparent images and PSP Tubes are the hottest thing on the Internet today. Are you interested in making banners, logos, animations, headers, business cards, or even some cool graphics to use with your current scrap booking projects? If you want to make professional looking graphics without spending thousands of dollars you can start by learning how to work with graphic programs that allow you to work with layers.

Tutorial Mix: The Paint Shop Pro Training videos are set up to quickly and easily show you the steps to complete a specific task within a design program - project. The only thing you need to do is simply watch and learn. To follow our suggestions within our video tutorials you will need some or all of these fine programs. You can grab free trials by following the links below to the softwares secure servers. We highly suggest PSP X2 known as Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2. Some of our tutorials require a program that helps you with animation. We highly recommend the same program we use to make all of our own animations Animation Shop 3 download estimated 11.2 MB in size.

Web Designers can save time and money with visual learning as videos will save you hours of reading costly rebooks and text website tutorials. Our Graphic and Dreamweaver Video Training tutorials will help and show you the critical steps on how to use graphic design programs. You will learn how to preserve your digital or scanned images, design website's, banners, business cards, and more. Turn those old images or website's into flawless designs without spending thousands of dollars on costly software. The basic ideas in these tutorials can be used in graphic programs like Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, Photoshop, Gimp, Illustrator, and other programs that allow the use of layers. You may have to improvise but the tips here will help you. Some of the areas you will learn here at Michele's Paint Shop are shown below.

Key Areas of Learning

  • Selections
  • Magic Wand
  • Eraser
  • Zoom
  • Optimization
  • Palettes
  • Backgrounds
  • Makeovers
  • Brushes
  • Text
  • Paintbrush
  • Blending
  • Pixels
  • Materials
  • Gradients
  • Patterns
  • Tubes
  • Layers
  • Vectors
  • Rasters
  • Red Eye Removals
  • Frames - Borders
  • Warping
  • Airbrush
  • Smoothing
  • Fills
  • Keywords
  • HTML
  • Phrases
  • Design
  • Optimization
  • Marketing
  • Analytics
  • Domain Names
  • Traffic
  • Hits Visits
  • Links
  • Pay Per Click
  • Social Networking

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Graphic Sticker Outline Tutorial In Production: Cutie Doll Tutorial to learn how to take make this cute little doll I call Kii Kii. You will learn how to use shapes as paths, multiple effects, layers, and more. We expect to have this tutorials production completed soon. See the sample image of this tutorial. This tutorial will likely have a large view time so please plan accordingly. We are working on several new tutorials for you, but we apologize for the wait times. We hope to see you back soon and be sure to tell your friends, forums and blogs about us.



Pixel Teddy Bear Tutorial In ProductionIn Production: Pixel Teddy Bear Tutorial to learn how to take make these cute little pixel bears with Paint Shop Pro. You will learn how to use shapes as paths, cutout effects, hue color changes, layers, and more.

We wanted to take this time to say a few things about tutorials. Please do not pick out tutorials because of their titles or images. You should really try to mix them up as you may learn something new with each tutorial. Michele's Paint Shop explains things in levels, and the way we do things may not always be the "ideal" way, but for newbies it is important to take those smaller steps so that you can understand what it takes to get to the bigger steps. We enjoy offering the tutorials and we hope you all enjoy our website. Thank you for visiting us today!



Paint Shop Pro Photo Magazine Issue 7 Micheles Paint Shop Look for us in the Official Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo Magazine:
Issue 8 2009 - Look for our video tutorials in the Official Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo Magazine. We are pleased to announce that Michele's Paint Shop Newbie 101 has their tutorials listed in this months issue 8 on the wonderful CD collection. It is packed with featured information on fixing your faded photos, and so much more. Get inspired by this magazine as each page is packed with tips, tricks, and news. Your creative mind will venture out with this issue for sure. I would like to thank the magazines editor, Duncan Evans, for all of his hard work. We are honored and excited and hope you will check out this current issue today. You can also find us in Issue 7 2009. Grab your official copy of the magazine today.




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