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Not sure if you can feasibly think outside the PSP box, but FWIW,
clipping paths are fairly easy with The Gimp, which is a free download,
if you don't already have it. You can find lots of step-by-step
instructions for this, even some videos. For example: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1D1GGLD_enUS329US330&q=path+tool+
the+gimp&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=.
HTH,
Jim
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To: Combs, Richard
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Subject: Re: Paint Shop Pro X2 -- HELP!!!
Hi Richard,
I only use PSP V8, but what I have done (albeit it is time consuming),
is the following:
1. Make a new layer out of the original picture.
2. Hide the original layer
3. On the copied layer, MANUALLY outline the segments of the picture I
want to delete. The more critical the picture, the smaller the segments
that I delete, bit by bit.
4. For some reason, in PSP, if you try to do this on the original raster
layer, deleting part of the picture replaces the deleted area with a
color, which I do not want.
5. Once I've deleted all of the background, I can drag and drop that
layer outside the picture, resulting in a new graphic with no
background.
6. Theoretically, if you save to EPS the background should be
transparent now. Save it first as a PSP file though, becasue you do not
want to loose all that work. Then you can experiment saving in different
formats until you get what you want.
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