Using Additional Tools in PSP 7

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The Selection Tool  

The first exercises were in using the selection tool and various shapes.

Here is my logo. I made the background transparent, which left the drop shadow on white. Not a very good way to do this. Is it possible to make something with a drop shadow transparent?

And here is my plaque, made combining shapes into one graphic.

The Freehand Tool  
and the
the Retouch Tool  

Using the freehand selection with the freehand tool, we selected the pumpkins and redid the picture. This one took me back to Halloween! And just when I was getting in the Christmas spirit!! LOL But I was glad of another chance to use my cute little witch! We also used the retouch tool to push color to even out the edges of the pumpkins where our selections were not perfect.

The freehand tool (point to point selection) was also used to select the areas in the windows and change the scenery. I like the new view! And I'm a nut about framing pictures, as you can see! ROTFL

We also selected the swan using the smart edge selection and changed her background. Pretty!

The Magic Wand Tool  

We used the magic wand to select and change the sky in this picture.

The Eye Dropper Tool  
and
the Paint Brush Tool  

Here we used the eye dropper tool for color selection and the paint brush tool for painting around a section of a picture.

The Paint Brush Tool  

We used the paint brush tool to change the courtyard in this picture from dirt to brick.

The last activity was to make arrow "next" and "back" buttons. Click on mine to go back to Lesson 3 or on to Lesson 5 By the way, I decided to use a color and a texture on the buttons that would match my page instead of the wood texture.

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