Papers are grey scale images which act as a template
when using many painting & drawing in Paint Shop Pro.
They are very useful & relatively easy to create. The
Paint Shop Pro Tools which can employ papers are :
Here is an example using the brush
tool & the "small bricks" paper
provided with Paint Shop Pro.
The retouch tool can be used with
various settings from the control panel
(i.e.: raise/lower hue, soften) to
create some interesting effects.
Load or create an image you wish to use for your
paper (any image will suffice).
Select COLORS .GREY
SCALE
Save the grey scale image in Windows .bmp format
to the Papers folder.
Select FILE> BROWSE...
Locate the Papers folder in
Paint Shop Pro & right click on your image
(in this example lsphere.bmp).
Select RENAME
Rename the image imagename.tex
Close the Browse window
Using notepad open PaperNam.idx in the Papers folder
Type in the name you want to appear in the papers
window.
Type in the actual file name you saved the image
under on the line below.
Save PaperNam.idx.
Now whenever you wish to use your new paper
choose the tool you want to use which supports
papers.
From the control palette select your paper texture & you are ready to go.
Here is an example using the
airbrush tool with a large size setting & "Large Sphere" selected
from the control panel