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1. Text on path- A
little different than 7 but can still be done, draw out your vector
path/shape, DESELECT IT! Select text tool-also set your colors
etc. and then line up until you get that funny looking
little A with the curved line under it, Lay down your text.
Some tutorials listed on my
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2. Divider Bar-In customize mode,
RIGHT CLICK, highlight the button and choose start group.
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Preferences, General Program Preferences, Display and Caching,
place check mark in "show brush outlines. Back to Top 4. PSP 7 Presets- No, Sorry you can
not and will not be able too. They will have to be recreated in PSP
8. Back to Top 5. Loading Mask- Go to your Layers
menu and choose Load/Save Mask. Your mask will show in your LAYERS
palette now and may be edited like any other layer. A couple
tutorials by the one and only Lori Davis- Author of many books,
listed on my links page if
you still need help.
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It is still there,
just moved around a little, Click the pen tool. On the ribbon
underneath Mode, the first icon is your node editing tool. 
Back to Top 7. Reading Files- NO! PSP 8 is
completely rewritten so to include the new scripting language.
If you don't think you are going to be purchasing version 8 , then
when saving files choose SAVE AS and then in the OPTIONS but, change
that to save them in PSP 7 format so that you will still be able to
open your files from PSP 8 once the beta has expired.
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Pre-Ordering- YES!! ABSOLUTELY.
Just go to Jasc site here and
place your order.
9. Download Beta here
10.
Beta Newsgroup Link
11. Bug
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Animation Shop ?- This is a known
bug/issue. If it is not working then there is a registry fix but I
would suggest waiting til next beta since the registry fix doesn't
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Apply Deformation tool- Simply
select a new tool. Back to Top 14.
Right/left Slash Brushes? - They are gone but you can make them if you like. Pick either the circle or square brush tip (on
the Tool Options ribbon) then adjust the Thickness and Rotation
settings
until you get the slash you want. Save it as a preset so you always
have
access to it in the future, and save it as a Brush Tip (in Brush tip
drop
menu.)
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15. Recovering From
Problems- (a)First try zooming in and out of the
document. Sometimes the only problem is a "refresh issue" that is
solved by zooming or minimizing and then reopening the image. (b)
Close and reopen the document completely. (c) Close
and reopen PSP. (d) Reboot your PC (e) Use the "reset
preferences option in File>Preferences>Reset Preferences to reset
all prefs. (f) last resort, uninstall and reinstall the beta.
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16. Expire- Beta 1
(one) will expire on or about March 24th, most likely
there will be a new beta released BEFORE this one expires though.
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17. Uninstalling Old
Beta- YES! Unless Jasc's README file states
otherwise it is always best!
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18. Overriding version
7- NO it will not, as a matter fact you have the
option for custom install to install anywhere you like, even so the
default will place the new version in the same DIRECTORY as your PSP
7 but will NOT override your PSP 7 :)
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19. What's New in PSP
8? If you missed above, I have a whole other page for this. It will open in
a separate window so you don't lose your place here.
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20. Print Preview-
It has changed, it has been replaced by Print Layout
(formerly Multiple Image Printing)
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21. Shortcut keys-
They are still there except you don't have the basic ones that you
are used to such as the TAB key to toggle all your palettes. You now
get to assign all your own!! FUN eh? Right click any toolbar
and choose CUSTOMIZE and then select the KEYBOARD tab, from this tab
you are able to assign your shortcuts to the function you would like
them to perform.
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22. Text Tool Troubles
Like Crazy!! - The text tool has some major issues that
are being worked out currently. (Pub Beta 1) if you are
having lots of troubles with it I suggest you wait til the next
beta. :)
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23. What is Scripting?
- PSP 8 Contains a full blown scripting engine based on Python
programming, see
http://www.python.org for more information on detailed
programming. You may use Python to write scripts from scratch
if you like however it is really not necessary as PSP can do all the
work for you since it includes a script recorder. Scripting is
accessed through the Scripting Toolbar or through the Script submenu
of the FILE menu. From there you can record, pause recording, save
recordings, and play, edit or cancel scripting.
Scripts are saved to one of the scripts directories specified in the
file locations dialog. Most scripts can be edited with the
built in script editor, but since scripts are text files you may
choose to edit them in something else like notepad.
Scripts can be ran a couple different ways: Silently-
All dialogs are skipped and the commands in the script are
executed without showing any UI. Interactive-
All dialogs are displayed as normal and the user can change the
settings of commands before they are carried out by the script.
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24. Harm from Scripts-
YES!!! Scripts are essentially a small program, like
an exe file that runs within PSP. This means people COULD make
scripts that would do bad things to your computer. Please use
EXTREME CAUTION when sharing/ downloading and using any script from
someone else. Jasc has set up folders for you in your "MYPSP8 Files"
contained within your "MY DOCUMENTS" folder on your computer.
A script may be either "trusted" or "restricted" depending on where
it is found (placed). Most scripts you will and can run as
"trusted", place ONLY ones you have made or ones that you are
CERTAIN are safe in your trusted folder. Restricted scripts are ones
that may concern you, certain operations that might be harmful to
your PSP or puter are not allowed to run in "restricted" mode, they
include things such as, Save, Save as, Save Copy as, Close,
Close All, Exit, Image mapper, Image slicer, File Send, batch
process, batch rename, File Locations, GIF export, JPEG Export and
PNG Export..
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