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Photography and Photo Editing

Finding the RGB or HTML/Hex color code for onscreen colors

Did you know that you can sample colors not only from within the PaintShop Pro interface, but also anywhere on your desktop? This is handy if you are trying to...

How to upload photos to Facebook from PaintShop Pro

You can upload your photos to sharing sites, such as Facebook, Flickr, and Google+, directly from PaintShop Pro when you are connected to the Internet. In the Organizer palette (available...

Night Photography: Think about Mood

Mood is important in all photographs, but it’s even more important to think about at night. The dim lighting creates all kinds of atmospheric possibilities – and it also guarantees...

Animal Photography Tip: Worry about the background

Animals are not especially predictable subjects. They don’t hold still, and they won’t say cheese. Getting an interesting pose from a bird, a dog, or a monkey is a matter...

Sunset Tip: Use a long lens

When you are taking a photo of a sunset, use a long lens. This one might seem a bit counter-intuitive, because we think of sunsets as wide landscape shots. But...

Festival Photography Tip: Research in Advance

Festivals are big, chaotic, busy events. That’s sort of the point. But it means that if you show up to the festival unprepared, then you are going to have a...

Animal Photography Tip: Focus on the Background

Animals are not especially predictable subjects. They don’t hold still, and they won’t say cheese. Getting an interesting pose from a bird, a dog, or a monkey is a matter...

Gardening Photography Tip: Early Bird Catches the ....

As a gardener, you probably don’t need to hear about the virtues of getting up early (health, wealth, and wisdom, according to my green-thumb grandpa and other notables). But you may...

Nightlife Tip: Follow the Light

Every good photo requires two things: an interesting subject and good lighting. At night, the latter is often harder to find than the former. If you are out on a...

Skyline Tip: Think about the Foregound

Photographs of the skyline are one of the most common and often beautiful ways of capturing a city. But they can also be pretty boring photographs – just ask anyone...

Put Graffiti in Context

Perhaps the most interesting thing about graffiti as an art form is that it is always presented in some strange or unusual setting. Think about it, if it’s in a...

Transforming your photos with Instant Effects

You can easily apply dozens of artistic and photography effects to your photos in seconds using the Instant Effects palette in PaintShop Pro. To choose an effect from the Instant...

Applying a Rule of Thirds grid to your photos

The Rule of Thirds is compositional guideline that can improve the balance of your photographs. It basically divides your image into a 3 x 3 grid. The idea is that...

How to place guides in PaintShop Pro

Guides are horizontal or vertical lines you position to overlay your image. With the rulers displayed, you drag guides onto your image to help with precision work, such as cropping,...

How to upload photos to Facebook from PaintShop Pro

You can upload photos directly from PaintShop Pro to Facebook, Flickr or Google+ with just a few simple clicks. If you are using the Organizer palette, select the photos that...