Micheles Paint Shop Newbie 101Guide to Paint Shop Pro X2 Ultimate Tutorials. PSP X2 Tutorials - Edit Graphics - Animation Shop Tutorials - PSP X2 Video Tutorials for Tubes - Animations - Country Graphics - Web Design with Dreamweaver - Video Screencasts, and more. Our tutorials are for both Newbies and Advanced users. Most versions of PSP can be used with these tutorials below. Some PSP tools may have moved and you may have to improvise. See video for more information.Version 2 |
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Welcome to the Paint Shop Pro Photo Tutorial guide section of our website. We are always making new tutorials and hope you stop back often to see what we have new for you. See what others are saying about the tutorials on Micheles Paint Shop
Tip: Before you start using the video tutorials listed below and if you are new to Paint Shop Pro Tutorials we have put together a program visual tutor page for you. View the PSP Graphic Program set-up page to investigate the PSP toolbars. It is an actual interactive PSP Toolbar, and PSP Menu Bar. Pass this link on!
Paint Shop Pro Tutorials PSP Video Tutorials List: | |
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PSP X2 Tutorial Custom Design Calendar- Learn how to make a custom design calendar with the PSP program. You will also learn how to effectively use layers, psp paintbrush, text tool, and more. This tutorial will also show you how to save your work so that you can go back and enter new date events to your calendar. You can use the final project on your desktop, web pages, scrapbooking, printing, and more. |
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PSP Lined Notebook Paper Tutorial- Learn how to make lined notebook paper with the PSP program. You will also learn how to effectively use layers, psp paintbrush, selection tool, eraser, and more. This tutorial will also show you how to use the PSP Drop Shadow Effect, along with color change settings to edit the color of your paper at a later date. You can use the final project in web pages, flash animation (book) scrapbooking, and in so many other graphic or online web projects. |
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PSP Makeover Tutorial- Learn how to enhance or change the color of your hair, eyes, and lips on all of your digital photographs. You will also learn how to effectively use layers, psp paintbrush, selection tool, eraser, and more. This tutorial will also show you how to use the PSP Infrared Effect to give your images that grayscale with color effect. You can use the final project in web pages, scrapbooking, and in so many other graphic or online web projects. |
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PSP Tutorial Avatar or Signature Tag- Learn how to make cool Avatar or Signature tag to use in forums, blogs, and more. You will also learn how to effectively use layers, tubes, text, drop shadows, and more. You can use the final project in web pages, scrapbooking, and in so many other graphic or online web projects. |
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PSP Eye Pupils Eyelid Animation Tutorial- Learn how to animate eyes, pupils, and eyelids with this cartoon style character animation. You will learn how to use tubes, layers, and export each frame and use it with Animation Shop. You can use the final project in web pages, and in other graphic projects. |
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PSP Tutorial Country Gift Tag Tutorial- Learn how to make Country style gift tag and save it as a tube. You will also learn how to use effects and tools such as cutout, selections, blur, text on a curve, tubes, and more. You can use the final project in web pages, scrap booking, and in other graphic projects. |
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PSP Tutorial Animation Make Images / Frames and Animate them with Animation Shop - Learn how to make an animation. First make image frames and export them so that you can animate them with Animation shop. |
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PSP Tutorial Gingham Check Pattern Background for web pages or fills - Learn how to make the very popular check background with PSP. Gingham checks are very popular in the country graphics communities. |
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PSP Tutorial forPSP Gradient .PspGradient- Learn how to make gradient and use it in PSP. You can use gradients as backgrounds in web pages, and in graphic projects. |
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PSP X2 Tutorial Text on a Curve - See how you can make your text follow a curve of an oval and more. This is a great feature if you need to make logos. |
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PSP Tube Tutorial Clean - Color & Tube Outlined Images - This video tutorials shows you how you can take an EPS or coloring book / outlined image, color it, and then tube it with the PSP program. |
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PSP Tutorial Pixel Line art Coloring with effects - See how pixel artists color in their line art images and use cool effects. |
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PSP Tutorial 3D Effect "Cutout" cartoon style - This video tutorial will show you how to give an cartoon face image a 3D look and shows you how to use the very popular cutout effects in PSP. Everyone should learn how to master this effect! |
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PSP Working with Raster Layers Effects Transparency- See and actual presentation on how you can make a layered image, and set the transparency levels and more. This is how you can make banners, brands, logos, for business and personal website's. Watch this cool video sample so that you can see what you can do with PSP. |
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PSP Tube Tutorial Fixing Clean Picture and Tube an element from the photo- Presentation on how you can take a family photo or a photo of something special, remove the background, and save it as a PSP Tube. You can use the image you get from this as a image in a web page, tubes, scrap booking, and more.. |
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Resize and Optimize your Digital Photos with PSP X2- Learn how to take your camera digital images, and resize them. Once the image is resized you will learn how to Optimize the image so that it can be placed on the Internet via a web page, email, and more. |
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Easy Mass Batch Processing of Photograph Resizing- Learn how to program a pspscript and tell it how to resize hundreds of images or digital photographs at once. Learn how to use the PSP X2 batch process along with GIF Optimizer, JPEG Optimizer to optimize your images for Web Pages, and Emails. |
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Erase Busy Background From Image - This PSP Tutorial will show you how to clean up a very busy background from an image and save it as a psp tube. This is one of our older video tutorials, but it is still very helpful so we left it up. |
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Birthday Candle with Animated Flame - Learn how to draw a birthday candle with a flame and animate it so that the candle flame looks lit and is burning. |
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Text with Drop Shadow and Cutout Effect- Learn how to give your text a drop shadow and or a cutout effect in PSP. |
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*Image .JPEG Optimization Steps for Faster loading web page images - This video tutorial will show you how to use PSP to optimize a JPEG JPG image so that you can use it on your website and not worry about large image loading times. |
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Paint Shop Pro Website Buttons - This video tutorial will show you how to use PSP to make buttons for a web page or for any other project. This is an older video tutorial, and has text instructions. You may find it very helpful. |
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*Build a Web Page with PSP - Learn how to build a web page with Paint Shop Professional. You can build a whole web site with PSP. |
| *Easy Quick Tube Tutorial- Another PSP Tube Tutorial that will show you how to tube in the Paint Shop Pro program. |
Dreamweaver Video Tutorials: | |
![]() | Adding Rollover Effect To Buttons - Add rollover buttons to your web sites with Dreamweaver |
![]() | Dreamweaver Web Page with Spry Menu and CSS Style Sheet editing- Learn how to use Dreamweaver's pre made no-frills template, add a SPRY dynamic Menu, and customize the web page by editing the CSS style sheets. |
Paint Shop Pro version 9 text based tutorials (non-video)Older Tutorials can also be used with current versions | |
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Quilted Squares with a Pattern Background |
![]() | Fantasy Heart for Cards, Backgrounds, Banners |
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![]() | Animating A Bubble Bath Standard Image Bubbles & Eye Blink |
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I Love You Blinky |
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Heart Animation |

Look for our video tutorials in the Official Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo Magazine:
December 13th, 2008 - We are pleased to announce that Micheles 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. Visit and grab your official copy of the magazine today. (note: PSPP magazine is released in the UK first. It is then released to the USA and Canada two months later.)
Your Feedback Is Needed and appreciated:
Helllo Michele,
I learned of your site through the official corel paint shop pro photo magazine. I felt obliged to send my congratulations to you, not only is the site easy to navigate, the tutorials (so far I have watched three of them) are explicate and very easy to understand, I feel that my pspp slills will advance by leaps and bounds because of them. Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Trevor (GB).------------------------------
Hi Michele, Thanks so much for the tutorial on Spry menus. I am a relative newbie and trying to convert a basic Front Page website (www.jbwesterndance.co.uk) to a better looking Dreamweaver site. Your tutorial was invaluable and in fact I will be using your whole web site extensively.
Really appreciate the help provided on the site. Feel free to use any of these comments.
Regards
Brian------------------------------
Awesome Site!
I am new to your site. I just watched the tutorial about using the cutout effect to build a cartoon face. I was very impressed with how professional the tutorial was. You are very good about really explaining and showing how to use a feature and not assuming people know what you are talking about. You also did a great job of going beyond what one can find on on-line help and instead actually showing how to use the features in PaintShop in a practical way.Thanks a bunch!
JJ------------------------------
Hi Michele,
I just finished watching the second tutorial and I am really glad I found you. You are very clear, and you are not afraid to explain things step-by-step, exactly as I need it right now. Dreamweaver was intimidating to me but I really wanted to learn it. With YOUR tutorials, I feel so much better about learning the program.
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for your contribution :-)
Charles
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Great Tutorials!
Saw your Dreamweaver Spry videos and loved them. I was having problems with my spry menu and there was so much I learned. Took three courses from New Horizons and left overwhelmed but your videos brought it together!Ken
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Just like to say I've just started out and already learning a lot from you thank you. You are a very good teacher
Michael
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Hi there
I just wanted to say, I could finally do an animated project with your tutorial. I did the candle and the flame. I finally can say I did something wonderful. Thank you so much for your thoroughness. Please continue to do what you are doing. I am truly feeling less stress with this. Thank you so much for your time and effort that you put into this. I love the gradient tutorials also. I am much obliged.
Have a great day.
Evelyn--------------------------------
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Internet Service Providers are offering faster connections around the world and due to this I made the decision to try my success with switching over to screencasts that offer instruction to all visitors. We have those that prefer to learn visually and those that do better from what they hear. Those that have hearing disabilities can view the screen and see what I am doing. My goal is to be approachable by being casual and friendly so that my visitors feel comfortable with me.
Please take note that some tutorials are in video format and some are text format.
You may or may not need some of the tools below.
1. Macromedia Flash Plug-in Get it here.Or the Quicktime Plug-in Get it here.
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Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Full
or
Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Upgrade
(version 9 or higher X2 aka 12 preferred)
3. Multiple Preset Shapes, Tubes, Gradients, Plug ins to use with your PSP program. All will be listed accordingly.
4. Dreamweaver Creative Suite 3 (versions MX, 8, or 9 CS3), or any other HTML editor.
5. When I animate images I either use Animation Shop, Ulead or Flash 8.
6. You will need to know the Basics of PSP and/or Dreamweaver.
However watching will show you the basics.
7. Always feel free to do your own unique designs and or use a program that you feel comfortable with and improvise.
If viewing in a browser you may have to maximize the browser and/or hide the toolbars to see the full sized video
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