Saving
PSP
Frames
Tutorial

Designing, making and then saving your own Frames in Paint Shop Pro is quite simple.
Follow these instructions to "Set-up" PSP to receive your own frames.

This tutorial was designed in PSP 6.02 and can be completed in other
versions with some adjustment. Have fun.
Copyright © by Harold E. Jones .. 2001-2002.

Level of difficulty: Beginner Beginner

1. Open the new frame that you have just created. Make sure that it has a transparent background.

2. If you have a frame that does not have a transparent background it is easy to remedy. Click on the Frame to make it active. Go to "Selections/select all." Now go to "Edit/copy."

3. Open a new image the same size as the frame with a transparent background. Go to "Edit/paste/paste as a new layer" and the frame will now be on the transparent background.

4. Go to "Layers/merge/merge visible." You are now ready to save your frame.

5. To "Set-up" your Paint Shop Pro program to receive all of your "Frame Creations" just follow these instructions.

6. Go to "File/
Preferences/
File Format Associations."

7. When the "File Format Associations Options box" pops up, scroll down until you find Paint Shop Pro image with this extension [*.psp].

8. Now click the "Extensions" button and add .pfr.

9. With the Frame that you wish to save open on your PSP Desktop it is very simple to place it in your PSP Frame collection.

10. Go to "File/save as" and browse your PSP folders until you come to the "Frames folder."

11. Scroll down the list in "Save as type" box until you have the "Paint Shop Pro Image [*.psp, *.pfr] highlighted.

12. Type in the "File name" of your new frame with the .pfr extension added. Click on the "save" button and your new frame will be added to the PSP Frames folder.

Congratulations! You have now "Set-up" your PSP program so that you can save all of your frame creations to use on
future projects.


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This tutorial is written by Harold E. Jones.

Other than for personal use, No part of this tutorial maybe copied or reproduced on any other Web site without permission from me, the author.
Harold E. Jones - Copyright © 2001-2002.

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