Creating Digital Collateral and Assets with PaintShop Pro

Name: Creating Digital Collateral and Assets with PaintShop Pro
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visual content,static and interactive ,building website

Created byCorel Corporation

Last updated 2/2017

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What you'll learn

At the end of this course, Students will have gained a diverse insight into working with Paint Shop Pro, as a tool for creating digital assets for distribution on the web and mobile platforms.
Aspects learned in this course are inclusive of, but not limited to:
• Creating static and interactive buttons.
• Optimising content for efficient transit across the internet.
• Creating engaging visual content
• Understanding and building a rudimentary local website.

Course content

8 sections • 41 lectures • 2h 15m total length

Introduction1:24
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Module Overview0:34
Explore the Paint Shop Pro user interface to understand how its components fit together and how we'll use it to create digital collateral for our application.
PSP walk-through4:51
Jingo and terminology6:11
Learn common jingoisms in digital graphics, from marquee selection and layers panel to optimization terms like posterized, alpha channel, and rollover UI concepts.
Exploring relevant functions3:28
Explore the selection tool workflow in PaintShop Pro, including using the dropdown to access sub tools, applying feathering for soft edges, and managing layers with copy, paste, and move.
Introduction to the Drawing Tool3:41
Workspace and Best Practice2:42
Module Recap0:55

Module Overview0:56
Explore theory of optimizing digital assets for web and mobile apps, balancing graphics quality with small file sizes and low memory use to ensure fast, flawless performance.
Optimization; Basic Principles3:40
Introduction to the optimization tool bar5:29
Explore the optimization tool bar in PaintShop Pro, learning how to adjust jpeg, gif, and png options for compression, quality, transparency, and faster web loading.
Removing image information with the Posterize tool1:58
Slicing layouts to conserve memory resources7:03
Learn how slicing layouts into modular graphics improves page performance and memory usage, enabling asset reuse and efficient optimization in PaintShop Pro.
Slicing your layouts; practical application1:45
Outputting your sliced content5:44
Use the grid tool to create vertical slices as cells, define columns and rows, and build a navigation menu. Save the composition as a hasty M-L file for export.
Module Recap0:41

Module Overview1:17
Creating a menu bar6:11
Create a glassy, beveled menu bar in PaintShop Pro by shaping a rounded rectangle, applying a gradient and brightness tweaks, and aligning with guides for button-ready separators.
Creating illustrative text effects (part 1)4:59
Creating illustrative text effects (part 2)4:15
Creating a pseudo-3D pack shot (part 1)7:03
Creating a pseudo-3D pack shot (part 2)8:25
Create a convincing pseudo-3D pack shot in PaintShop Pro by placing the product in situ, applying gradient background, perspective, shadows, reflections, and subtle focus adjustments.
Creating a local website (part 1)1:51
Creating a local website (part 2)4:51
Creating a local website (part 3)2:49
Creating a local website (part 4)7:31
Creating a local website (part 5)2:56
Module Recap0:59
Wrap up the module by reviewing core basics for creating worthwhile digital content with PaintShop Pro and exploring Corel's Web site builder for content creation, with a 30-day trial.

Requirements

In order to take part in the learning exercises, your system will need to meet the following requirements.
• A Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP with the latest service packs installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions)
• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 or later (multi-core processor recommended)
• 1.5 GB RAM (2 GB or higher recommended)
• 1 GB of available hard-disk space required (2 GB or greater recommended)
• 1024 x 768 16-bit color display (24-bit recommended)
• DirectX 9 or higher
A basic familiarity with Paint shop Pro is advantageous, although no qualifications, or special talents are required.

Description

This course uses a hands-on approach and is very targeted in it’s application. Although a basic orientation guide is offered, so that students may get to grips with the software, it is recommended that Students have a ‘foundation’ working knowledge of PaintShop Pro.

The course looks at various solutions for creating many ‘standard’ assets, associated with digital paradigms.

As with all of our courses, each lecture is based on a hypothesized scenario, showing ‘real world’ cases and how best to use the software to achieve specific goals.

At the end of this course, Students will have gained a diverse insight into working with PaintShop Pro, as a tool for creating digital assets for distribution on the web and mobile platforms.

Aspects learned in this course are inclusive of, but not limited to:

Creating static and interactive buttons.
Optimizing content for efficient transit across the internet.
Creating engaging visual content.
Understanding and building a rudimentary local website.

Who this course is for:

Do this course, if:
• You plan on creating digital collateral, either on a personal or commercial level
• You would like to expand your knowledge of Paint Shop Pro, beyond it’s basic capability
Do not do this course, if:
• Have no experience with Paint Shop Pro’s standard usage cases (photo enhancement/manipulation)
• You’re simply looking for a way to learn the software

Creating Digital Collateral and Assets with PaintShop Pro

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Course content

Introduction to the Course1 lecture • 1min

Basic Orientation7 lectures • 22min

Buttons 1016 lectures • 14min

Creating modern UI assets5 lectures • 16min

Optimising your content8 lectures • 27min

4 tutorials for the real world12 lectures • 53min

Course Conclusion1 lecture • 1min

Bonus Material1 lecture • 1min

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