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21.  How do I get rid of spots in the transparent background?
22.  How do I paste a transparent image?
23.  Help! My filters won't work!
24.  How do you make filters?
25.  How do I download the .dll file to make the plugin filters work?
26.  My special effects and filters are grayed out
27.  Getting filters that aren't the standard 56k size to work in PSP.
28.  Printing graphics created with PSP
29.  How do I insert an image or picture into my email using OE or IM?
30.  How do I attach a font in my email message using OE or IM?
 

Answers

21.  spots--Make a duplicate of the image and close original.
·If you use your eyedropper tool to load the transparent color, then reverse it to background.
·Use a contrasting color to flood the background and you should be able to see the spots.
·Reverse the transparent back to foreground and use brush tool to remove them.
.When you're done, flood area with transparent color again.
·save and make sure that the transparency value has remained the same, If not, reset. Good luck.

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22.  transparent-The transparent color will be whatever the selected secondary color is. When you paste it, the image where it is going will show through the transparent color. The secondary color is the color that you see displayed in the box on the right under the explanation. The secondary color is referred to as the background color there.

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23.  filters-the most common solution is to close PSP and then re-open it.
 

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24.  how do you- The real professionals write them in C++ using a developer kit on the Adobe site (Paint Shop Pro filters conform to Adobe Photoshop specification) However even if you can do a bit of C++ they are very difficult to do.

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25.  download-Try this to download the DLL file... You *don't* need a plugin to do it.
· Right mouse click the link with the DLL file
· Go down to the SAVE LINK AS or SAVE TARGET AS if you are using MS-Internet Explorer... Specify the folder you wish the .DLL file to go into.
· To create a new folder-- This is what I did.
. Click My Computer
. Program Files
. Paint Shop Pro
. FILE
. new Folder
. type plugins
To get to the Plugins Option:
· Open PSP file
. Preferences
. General Programming Preferences
. Plugins Tab
. Specify the directory, C:\Program Files\Paint Shop Pro\plugins
. Check the enable plugin filters box
. click OK.

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26.  effects-Select Color/increase color depth on the menu bar and increase your colors to 16 million.

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27.  standard-PSP won't work with filters that aren't the standard 56K in size. But there is a workaround that I've discovered (but not seen printed anywhere).

· First, get a copy of Plug-in Manager (it's freeware and a little searching
will lead you to it on the net). It's really useful for renaming filters and
getting them into a useful order. As such it's a good addition to PSP.
· When you find a filter that PSP can't recognize highlight it in the Plug-In
Manager program and then hit the FF button.
· After this, choose the Advanced tag and then push the Save as 8B button.
· Save the filter with a new name so you can recognize it later.
· Now you've created a filter that will work in PSP.
· BUT you need to go to explorer and delete the old one.

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28.  printing-It depends what format you are using and what program you are using to print it with. Some formats save a dpi (dots per inch) value, it is often 300 for laser printers, but your screen is usually 72 dots per inch. If you want something to print out nicely on paper you will have to create much bigger graphics, if you just want the paper to show the same scale as the screen look in the preferences option under the File menu.

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29.  insert-Open a new message and click on insert image.

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30.  font
-Open a new message.
· Click on the paper-clip icon.
· Browse to the location where the font is and double click on it. When sharing fonts in the group (on Saturdays) please also include a preview. You can easily do this in psp. Open a new image and click on the text tool. From the tool options palette. · choose the font that you'll be sharing with the group and click on your image. Type some sample text in the text entry box and apply to your image. export this to either a jpeg or gif file and send along with that attached font.

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