Okay, Honest opinions LOL

[lizbud]

I have Paint Shop Pro and have had it for six years, and still haven`t a single clue how to use it! All of the ones you made look great, but I loove the first one, and the valentine one too.

Same here. I don't know anything about how to do it, but I love the first
one. It's beautiful.

[RockyRoad]

I have PSP 9.1 or 9.01, I don`t remember exactly (it`s on my desktop and I use my laptop for internet). I had 9, but then they (Jasc) sent me an upgraded version awhile ago. I`ve had it for years and have managed to get some things done, but I never thought so much was possible on it! I`ll definitely look up some tutorials, it would be nice to be able to make such interesting things. I guess I never gave it a second thought!

[Alysser]

Thanks, lizbud!

Hope you learn a little, just google them. But take it slow, that's what I'm doing. I'd love to see some of your practice graphics whenever you finish them

[caseysmom]

I love the first one it has a dreamy quality.

[Emeraldgreen]

I really like the first two graphics you've done, they're amazing! What version of Paint Shop Pro Studio are you using? I wonder how much it costs. My computer didn't come with much when I bought it 3 years ago. I'm going to look into buying it!

[Suki Wingy]

I taught myself photoshop. It really only takes some time tinkering and a few free tutorials.

Blend modes are an alternative to lowering the opacity. A lot of times just lowering the opacity to make something blend in better looks unprofessional.

Here's an example of what I mean.
If you select a different mode, it blends differently, giving you more options. I took a picture of an African Wild Dog I took at the zoo and put it on a background I played with. The background itself is two different pictures blended together.



And a close up, see where it says linear light?


This is the result.


Here are some other options, and the results.

[Alysser]

Wow, those look awesome suki! Love the overlay one. I'm not sure if PSP has it but who knows? I'm pretty sure it might. Thanks for the tip. They do look better!

Emeraldgreen, it's called "Jasc Paint Shop Pro STUDIO: Dell Edition" Version 1.01. I'm not sure you can buy it, I'm pretty sure if came with my computer. There's a couple of new PSP's out. I_luv_rusty has PSP x or something and I think they came out with a newer version of that recently.

Thanks for the comments on my graphics everyone! I don't have time to make anymore till tommorow night, but I'm going to try the layer options.