Creating Print Materials with PaintShop Pro

Setting up and executing a print job,basic design theory,print projects

Created by: Corel Corporation
Changing the way people express and share their ideas

What Will I Learn?

• At the end of this course, Students will have gained a basic but wide ‘working knowledge’ of Paintshop Pro. Knowledge that will ‘open the door’, to bringing many aspects of design and print within their own power, reducing their need to rely on corporate institutions and other expensive outsourcing.
• Aspects learned in this course are inclusive of, but not limited to:
• • Gaining fundamental working knowledge of Paint Shop Pro
• • Setting up and executing a print job.
• • Evolving corporate material, from concepts to finished pieces.
• • Applying basic design theory to print projects.

Requirements

• In order to take part in the learning exercises, your system will need to meet the following requirements.
• • A Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP with the latest service packs installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions)
• • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 or later (multi-core processor recommended)
• • 1.5 GB RAM (2 GB or higher recommended)
• • 1 GB of available hard-disk space required (2 GB or greater recommended)
• • 1024 x 768 16-bit color display (24-bit recommended)
• • DirectX 9 or higher
• • In some cases you will need a printer connected to your work-station
• No experience is required, just a willingness to learn, and most importantly, time that you can afford to commit to bringing print duties in-house.

Target audience

• Do this course, if:
• • You are committing too much of your budget to ‘outsourced printing’
• • You have a willingness to learn aspects of design-craft along the way
• Do not do this course, if:
• • Your business is not dependent on printed material
• • You have a non-commercial interest in print and production