Tour of PaintShop Pro

Next, we go onto the "View" menu - this is where you can see how your image is progressing.

The "Full Screen Edit" option lets you see the image you are working on without the toolbars and it lets you make changes to it while you are looking at it. Make sure that if you use this option you have a way to close the image in one of the buttons.  If you have gone into this option and your toolbars have disappeared, don't panic!  There *is* a way to get out of it - just follow this mini tutorial

By clicking on the "Full Screen Preview" option, you get to see what your image is like against a blank, black background so that you can get an idea of how it will look outside PSP - I use this option all the time to make sure my graphics all look like I want them to.

The "Zoom In by... " and "Zoom Out by..." options let you zoom into one particular part of your image so that you can see it in more detail.

If you click on the "Preview In Web Browser" option, you can see what your image will look like when it's online.  Clicking on this option will open up your default web browser so that you can see what it looks like in a webpage.

The next block of options ("Rulers", "Grid", "Guide" and "Change Grid and Guide Properties) help to give you guides to sizing while you are working with your image.

By clicking on the "Toolbars" option you can access various different toolbars and palettes that PSP can display.  I'll go into more detail about how you can customise the toolbars the way you want them in a tutorial about customising PSP.