"Ready, Preset, Go!"

Now, we're going to use the last blank image in your PSP as the "testing ground" for configuring your Blade Pro Preset.

Make a new "selection" on your blank, and fill it with solid white (it doesn't matter what shape you choose, but it helps to have "Antialiasing" checked on). Now, from the Menu, choose, "Image", "Plug-In Filters", Flaming Pear", and then "Blade Pro." The Blade Pro work environment opens up. Don't worry about its current settings. You're going to change them!

In Blade Pro, change the two currently loaded .bmp files to the two you just made. It doesn't matter which bmp you use in either position. Switch them around to see what different effects you get. However, a good rule of thumb (who came up with that expression anyway??!) is to use your "textured" bmps in the top image placement and use the bottom for colorations.

Once you've changed the two bmp files, go ahead and play! Make adjustments to all the different options there are, until you get the right "look" you want. When you're done, save your new Preset by clicking the bottom "disc" button. Blade Pro automatically saves the file in the correct format (just make sure you also place this new file in your Blade Pro Environments and Texture folder). That's all there is to it!

Once you have the Preset developed, click "OK" in Blade Pro, and it applies to your blank. Now you can go back to work in Paint Shop Pro finishing your graphic. Paint Shop Pro even keeps the image "selected" for further work you want to do on it. Even better, Paint Shop Pro knows that "Undo" is our friend, and if you don't like your new look applied to the image, Paint Shop Pro lets you "undo" it right from the PSP Menu! It couldn't be any simpler!

"Where To Go From Here"

With so much information out there about Paint Shop Pro and Blade Pro, The KROW has made a quick list here for you to bookmark. These sites will come in handy as you progress down your new road of graphical excellence!

www.jasc.com The makers of Paint Shop Pro
www.studioavenue.com From JASC and is THE place to go for graphics resources. You can even share your works of art with others!
JASC software chat forum! Live chat with others using PSP!
www.flamingpear.com - The makers of Blade Pro

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