/*Original: Mike W. (mikew@dvol.com) Web Site: http://www.dvol.com/~users/mikew This script and many more are available free online at The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com*/ var msg = new Array(); Stamp = new Date(); today = Stamp.getDate(); msg[1] = "If you are working with a lot of layers and want to quickly select a layer to edit without searching through the layer palette, activate the Mover tool and click on a visible part of the object that you wish to edit. This will automatically make the selected objects layer the active layer."; msg[2] = "Hold the Shift key while dragging with the mover tool to move the image information on the active layer in the layer palette."; msg[3] = "When working on theme related graphics such as web sets, save the files in PSP format so that you can insert image information which will be saved with the file, such as the fonts used, hexadecimal color codes, & drop shadow settings. It is very easy to forget the small details if should you need to recall them at a later date."; msg[4] = "The background color is used as the primary color for the Buttonize and Add Border effects"; msg[5] = "If an asterisk is beside the title in the title bar of an open image then changes have been made to the image since it was last saved."; msg[6] = "When making point to point selections or drawing point to point lines, if you make a mistake, hit the delete key to go to the previously added point. This also works for Smart Edge selections."; msg[7] = "To have access to all of the filters and effects available, before editing a GIF image, the color depth must first be increased to 16 million colors"; msg[8] = "When using a gaussian blur or other subtle technique on a selection, hide the selection marquee to better see the results."; msg[9] = "Create floating toolbars by clicking and dragging the toolbar into the workspace."; msg[10] = "Double-click on the ruler in an open image window to quickly open the Grid and Guide Properties dialog box."; msg[11] = "Right-click an empty area of your toolbars and click customize to add, move or delete buttons."; msg[12] = "If you wish to copy a layer from one image to another, drag the layer from the source image to the destination image. If you would like to open a layer as a new image, drag the layer to an empty area of the PSP workspace."; msg[13] = "When creating an image that will eventually be converted to an animated GIF, save each phase of the image as a separate layer then save the image in PSP format (make sure that all layers are visible when saving the PSP file). Open the file in Animation Shop and all of your layers will be represented as frames."; msg[14] = "Double-clicking on the Selection tool or the Crop tool in the Tool palette will make a dialog box appear for that tool so that you can set the dimensions manually."; msg[15] = "Press and hold the Shift key while creating a new layer to skip the Layer Properties dialog box."; msg[16] = "To move a selection without moving underlying image data, click on the Mover tool, right-click inside the selection and drag."; msg[17] = "To create your own textures or patterns save them as seamless bitmap images to the PSP "textures" or "patterns". folders. Textures should be grey scale bitmaps."; msg[18] = "If you mistakenly erase too much from an image, right-click & erase to restore that area. (This only applies to image data residing on layers. If the image has been 'flattened' or if the image is represented as the 'background' in the layer palette, right click on the 'background' and 'promote to layer.')"; msg[19] = "When editing vector shapes, click on the vector selection tool and then double-click on the vector shape to bring up the Vector Properties dialog box"; msg[20] = "If there is a font that you wish to use and you don't have it installed on your computer, double-click on the TTF file and then minimize the font window. The font should temporarily appear in the fonts list in PSP. This is not recommended when working with vector text."; msg[21] = "If you are working on an image that takes up quite a bit of your workspace and your layer palette or other tool palettes get in the way hit the tab key to make then all disappear; hit it again to make them reappear."; msg[22] = "When creating an image that will eventually need resized for different projects, create the original image at the largest size needed. Images resize beter when you go from large to small. If you try to enlarge a small picture, image quality will suffer."; msg[23] = "If you find that your flood fill tool is not working on the areas that you are trying to fill, make sure that you don't have any selections active by choosing 'Select None' from the Selections menu."; msg[24] = "Did you know that you can save 'creator information' with PSP images? Select Image > Image Information and enter what you wish to include before saving the file in PSP format."; msg[25] = "If you need to zoom in on an image for editing purposes and you don't want to have to keep zooming back out to see how your changes affect the image, choose Window > New Window. This allows you to make changes in one window and view those changes in another."; msg[26] = "When working with text, you can use an uninstalled font in your project by opening the TTF file. While the file is open, the font will temporarily appear in the font list in PSP. When using uninstalled fonts to create vector text, either convert the vector text to an object(s) or convert the vector layer containing the text to a raster layer before saving the file. This is necessary because vector data is redrawn each time you open a file. If PSP cannot find the font, it will ask for a replacement."; msg[27] = "You can drag an image from the browser window onto an open image in PSP. If the image contains layers then all of the layers will be added to the open image and the layers must be ungroup before moving them individually. This process differs from dragging a layer from one image to another in the workspace because, in this case, the dropped image layers will not automatically be centered."; msg[28] = "If you need help with a particular function press the F1 key on your keyboard."; msg[29] = "To move a selection without moving underlying image data, click on the Mover tool, right-click and drag."; msg[30] = "When making point to point selections or drawing point to point lines, if you make a mistake, hit the delete key to go to the previously added point. This also works for Smart Edge selections."; msg[31] = "PSP7—When working with the text tool you can change the background for the area of the dialog box were you type your text by right-clicking and choosing "Choose Edit Background Color""; function writeTip() { document.write(msg[today]); } document.write("
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