Information and tutorials about using, making, finding, troubleshooting, and managing picture tubes in Paint Shop Pro.
Learn what you need to know about Picture Tubes, a file format and tool feature of the photo editor Paint Shop Pro. Learn exactly what tubes are and how you can use them in Paint Shop Pro or in other software.
This tutorial shows you how you can use tubes from a previous version of Paint Shop Pro with Paint Shop Pro X.
Paint Shop Pro X has simplified adding downloaded tubes to your collection. Previously, you had to use a tube converter or open the image in PSP and go through the File > Export Tube Process. With Paint Shop Pro X, all you need to do is unzip the downloaded file into one of the two Paint Shop Pro Picture Tube Directories.
In this tutorial, we'll create a 'Summer Cottage' landscape painting with a few tubes you probably already have. Along the way, we'll show you a few artistic tricks to 'fine tune' your tubes to add more interest and depth to your painting.
Here we will create a simple tube, nothing fancy just a simple image so you can understand how they work and be on your way to creating your own tubes.
Learn the basics of making a PSP tube from scratch by making some simple leaves. In
part 2, use the leaf tube to make an easy Folk Art tree. Written for PSP7.
Several examples of what you can do with the native tubes in PSP6.
Several tutorials on working with tubes and brushes in Paint Shop Pro. Includes all of the brushes, lighting libraries, textures, etc. necessary to complete the tutorials.
Use this program to convert Picture Tubes from Paint Shop Pro 5 and 6 into a format that can be used with Paint Shop Pro 7 and 8.
What are they? What are they good for? Linda Cole answers these questions and provides a few real-world examples.
How to create a tube from an image in PSP6.
This free program converts PSP Picture Tubes into 32-bit PNG files with alpha transparency so your tubes can be used in any software that supports PNG format.
A demonstration on creating tube paintings.
Explains the placement options for picture tubes in PSP7: placement mode, step size, and selection mode.
Learn how to create tubes from Hemera's Photo Objects.
Tubes explained, plus tips for adding tubes, saving tubes, and troubleshooting tube problems.
Come along while one artists walk you through the creation of a 'tube painting.'
