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Babyshambler
14-03-2005, 02:19 PM
I got some 60day trial thing with my Dell pc... I thought I;'d have a go at making my own avatar with some pictures of my lovely self ;) on it.

How the HELL do i get pictures onto it? I managed to make a background... but now I just fail miserably. I can play with a picture tube though. :blush:

Anyone know any tutorials for thickos like me?! Cheers!
Makoto
14-03-2005, 03:34 PM
Hmm, it's been a long time since I used your product. Try opening up a picture, press CTRL+A to select it all and click your background you want to use then press CTRL + V (I think it may be different in PS8) and layer the pic on top and then resize it.

If you had Photoshop then I could be more help :).

p.s. Have a read of the help manual included, open the program and click HELP on the far right.
ShyBoy
14-03-2005, 04:35 PM
Either copy and paste, or you can save the picture to my work, and go to something like edit > insert and find the picture, and it will add it as an extra layer.

I can't remember completely, macromedia fireworks for me :p
Babyshambler
14-03-2005, 04:48 PM
Cheers kids. Will have a looky later. :D
Makoto
14-03-2005, 05:01 PM
Cheers kids.

Er? Kids?
Babyshambler
14-03-2005, 05:44 PM
I call everyone kid. Even my Dad.

Not meant to be offensive...
Monserrat
14-03-2005, 07:05 PM
When the PSP8 trial runs out, try and get a copy of PSP7. I've used it solidly since September 2000. PSP8 takes up 400MB of disk space. PSP7 takes up 40MB. 8 was geared towards web graphics, but underneath, it was pretty much the same kettle of fish.

I never saw much of PSP9 though.
Teh_Gerbil
14-03-2005, 07:48 PM
PSP 7 has an infinite free trial if you keep reinstalling it.

I now own REAL PSP 8 now, mind.
Mist
14-03-2005, 08:10 PM
I never saw much of PSP9 though.

My mine gripe with PSP9 is how long it takes to start up compared to PSP5. If I click the PSP5 icon then it opens and is ready to use in a second. If I click the PSP9 icon then it takes about 12 seconds to start up loading lots of DLL files and stuff, probably for features that I'll never use.

Also I think that in trying to include more features in the later versions they have made various things more difficult and less intuitive to use, which was always something that I liked in PSP compared to Photoshop.