Technical data

Contents
1 ♦♦ Welcome
Introduction................................................................................................3
About the Companion................................................................................3
Key PhotoPlus features .............................................................................4
Registration, Upgrades, and Support ........................................................5
Installation..................................................................................................5
PhotoPlus system requirements........................................................5
What you need to know .....................................................................6
First-time install..................................................................................6
Manual install/re-install ......................................................................6
2 ♦♦ Getting Started
Seven Key Concepts .................................................................................9
1 Image size and canvas size...........................................................9
2 Interacting tools and tabs...............................................................9
3 Making a selection.......................................................................10
4 Foreground and background colors.............................................10
5 Layers ..........................................................................................10
6 Opacity and transparency............................................................11
7 Saving and exporting ...................................................................12
Starting PhotoPlus...................................................................................12
Getting your bearings ..............................................................................15
Introducing the interface ..................................................................15
Setting preferences..........................................................................18
Setting the view................................................................................18
How to Get an Image into PhotoPlus ......................................................19
Saving and Exporting Files......................................................................20
Printing.....................................................................................................21
Getting Help.............................................................................................22
3 ♦♦ Manipulating Images
HANDS ON: Captioning a Cat.................................................................27
Cropping the image .........................................................................28
Adjusting brightness and contrast....................................................28
Adding a caption ..............................................................................30
Making Selections ...................................................................................31
Selection options..............................................................................31
Modifying the selection ....................................................................33
Using the Move tool.................................................................................34
Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete .........................................................................35