Technical data

J
JPEG (.JPG) file format, 79
L
Layer Manager tab, 17, 61, 64, 80
layers, 10, 61
active layer, 11, 47, 62
and animation frames, 81, 84
arranging, 64
Background layer, 10, 20, 45, 61
Clipboard operations, 64
creating, 42, 47, 62
deleting, 62
hiding and showing, 63
linking and unlinking, 63
merging, 64
moving, 63
opacity, 36, 81
Promote to Layer, 36, 62
protecting, 63
standard layers, 11, 61
text layers, 11, 31, 56, 61
lighting (render) filters. See filters
lightness
adjusting, 38
defined, 94
Line tool, 53
looping (animation), 82, 84
M
manipulating photos, 27, 39, 41
marquee, 10, 32, 36
masking, 68
Merge command (layers), 64
Merge Mask command, 71
moiré patterns, 100
monochrome, 92, 94
montage, creating, 65
Move Marquee cursor, 33, 34
Move tool, 31, 34, 63
N
Negative Image (adjustment filter), 39
New Frame button, 83
noise filters. See filters
O
OLE, PhotoPlus as server, 103
opacity, 11, 36, 49, 50, 61, 81
opening an existing file, 19
optimizing images, 96
oval, drawing, 54
P
Paintbrush tool, 48
painting. See tools
palette, Web-safe, 78, 97
palettes, color, 78, 96
Pan tool, 18
Paste command, 35, 56, 64
PhotoPlus
.SPP file format, 12, 20, 62, 69, 84,
93
key concepts, 9
key features, 4
shortcuts, 105
pie, selecting shape, 33
pixels, 9, 33, 34, 51, 55, 61, 91
PNG file format, 79
polygon
drawing, 54
placing hotspot, 86
Posterize (effect filter), 40
preferences, setting, 18, 28
Preview in Browser command, 84
printer marks, including, 102
printing, 21, 100
Promote to Layer command, 36, 62
properties, setting for tools, 49
Protect Transparency, 63
Q
quality
adjustments for, 100
in exported images, 77
quality, in exported images, 79
R
rectangle
drawing, 54
placing hotspot, 86