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A few tutorials, from the very basic just opened the packaged sort, to something that develops from there.

 

Intro:

Basic help file sort of stuff. What's this button for? What's this do? and so on.

SCREENS
 
 

Gif Screens:

Present limitations of web browsers do not allow semi-transparent images over the background on web pages. Apart from new formats, or capabilities, coming soon, there is a quick fix used by some sites to simulate something of the effect, using a 'screen'.

FILTERS
 

Unsharp:

And old photography trick, apparently, sharpens a photo by overlaying a blurred (unsharp) negative of the same. It tends to highlight both light and dark high contrast edges, and so the image appears a bit sharper to the eye. Paint Shop Pro, along with other bitmap programs, includes an Unsharp filter. How to simulate the same effect - what to watch for - basically how the filter works, along with some variations. Also, a pretty good look at how Arithmetic works, and what possibilities it might suggest.

THE WEB
 

Image Slicing:

Not an explanation of the slicer app, itself, but rather a relatively generic look at ROWSPAN and COLSPAN in defining irregularly cut tables. As this is tied to the output produced by the PSP 7 export image slicer, it seemed appropriate to aim the tutorial toward PSP 7 and include reference to the tutorial, here. Consideration of some known problems and things to watch for. Nested tables suggested as first alternative. How rows and columns are determined when not explicitly defined.

 
TILES
 

Gray Tile:

An early diamond tile, still likely from PSP 3, a little uninteresting if just because it was difficult to make changes and remember to record them for the tutorial. Building on the gradient tile, this uses a number of Filter Factory filters, uses the PSP drop shadow of that period and the 'magic wand', and also introduces the use of the then new, Blade Pro.

Oranges:

A wallpaper, based on a pretty simple texture. Again, sort of limited by having to hand record each step. From the same early PSP 3 period. But getting more advanced, at this stage. Repeats the look at various Filter Factory filters, specifically Kaleidoscope II, at Blade Pro, and other things. But now instead of simply transforming the tile as a whole, some cutting and pasting, a little rearranging is done to create a new tile, which is then faded out to get the wallpaper.

Golfball:

The last of the tile tutorials that I did, back when. This was the most elaborate image, and fairly interesting in its own right. The tutorial refers to a few new Filter Factory filters I'd discovered, and also incorporates some Blade Pro presets that can be downloaded.