Loadboy's Paint Shop Pro X Tutorials

Candy Hearts

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

This tutorial is a great way to become familiar with drawing Bezier curves with Paint Shop Pro's Pen Tool.

Glossy Navigation Bar Tabs

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

This tutorial will show you how to create three different styles of glossy navigation bar tabs.

Black Orb

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

One of the hardest single colors to manipulate for high quality (without plugins, filters, or tubes) is black. We'll show you how we do it by creating this great looking black orb.

Interface Skinning

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Learn a simple method used in interface designing commonly known as skinning.

Liquid Plastic Tear Drops

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Here's a simple technique for creating liquid plastic tear drops. Wait until you see what I accidentally created with it.

3D Inset Navigation Bar

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Create these clean looking 3D inset navigation bars.

Inner Curving

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

This is a simple inner curving technique to remove 90 degree corners.

XP Style Graphics

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Learn to create colorful XP style graphics and icons.

Glass Pill Buttons

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Here's a fairly simple method for creating clear glass style pill buttons in Paint Shop Pro.

Custom Outer Beveled Edges

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Although Paint Shop Pro does a good job with outer beveled edges, I like having more control. Once you see how simple this really is, you can create a much nicer outer beveled edge on the fly!

Interface Title Boards

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Creating translucent style Title Boards allows you to display more detailed graphics to your interface designs while still conveying a message. This can be a great add-on to our Beginning Interface Designing tutorial!

3D Odds N Ends #1

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

As a graphics designer, sometimes you never know what you'll need to create for a website theme.

Gradient Bars

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Learn to create gradient bars, one of the most commonly used graphical effects on the internet today.

Gradient Borders

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Heres a simple to learn bordering technique. But don't let the simplicity fool you! It's a great technique that can also be used for Interface designing, as our example at the end of this tutorial will show you.

Screws

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Another simple way of filling in dead space is to add screws or rivets to your interfaces.

Threaded Pipe

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

I don't think your going to find an easier way to create the appearance of threaded pipe than this.

Signature Plates

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

WARNING: LARGE TUTORIAL!
Learn to create these great looking signature plates! We're going to create the entire piece shown here using wingdings and a little bit of "eye-magic" .

Flex Pipe

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Looking for more mechanical style objects? In this tutorial we'll show you how to create flex pipe.

Psp Metal Work

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

This tutorial isn't for the faint of heart and is an add on piece to Creating Interface Widgets below. This is the type of stuff I really enjoy doing with Paint Shop Pro!

Text On A Path

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

In addition to text drawn in a straight line, Paint Shop Pro also includes the ability to place text along the shape of a element. This tutorial works also with Psp 9.

Creating Hollow & Solid Pipes

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

When it comes to creating Web graphics, gradients are a great way to add dimension to your objects. The main focus of this tutorial is to show how applying the same gradients at different settings can produce different results.

Gum Drop Candy Text

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Create gum drop candy text. Just don't eat them!

Glossy Pill Buttons

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

Learn to create those popular glossy pill buttons.

Horizontal Bars

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

This is a unique horizontal bar image that looks great in a variety of colors and is simple to make. It can be can very useful on web pages that lack a lot of content.

Clear Liquid Filled Orbs

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

These clear liquid filled orbs are based upon our Psp 8 Liquid In Glass and Psp 9 Colored Orbs tutorials.

Custom Navigation Bars

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:25:19 GMT

To start our Psp x tutorial section we'll show you how to create a custom navigation bar for your site.