+ Paint Shop Pro Instructions+
The following are the instructions for setting up your doll that you've made from "Instant Dollz" page if you are using Paint Shop Pro.
*I would really appreciate it if you put up a banner or a link for me if you are going to use the dolls that you have made on my page*

     If you are going to use Paint Shop Pro (Start --> Programs --> Jasc Software --> Paint Shop Pro)...
*NOTE* Paint Shop Pro is not standard on all Windows Platforms. If you do not know if you have it or not, then you better go back to the Windows Paint Tutorial
       1. After you've made your doll in the white box, press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. (This 
           is next to the button that says F12)
       2. Then go into Paint Shop Pro (where? Look at the blue section up top...it may be a little bit different on your computer, but you know where it is!).
       3. Once you're in PSP, go to Edit --> Paste As New Image, shown below:

4. Once you paste in the image, it may appear to be really scrunched up and small (Figure 4.1), so just go to View --> Normal Viewing (Figure 4.2), if your image looks normal, then skip this step.
Figure 4.1
Figure 4.2
5. Now that you can see your doll normally, click on the Cropping Tool on your Tool Palette (Figure 5.3). If you do not see the palette then go to View --> ToolBars...(Figure 5.1) and then put a check mark in the box next to the words "Tool Palette" (Figure 5.2) and then press "CLOSE"
Figure 5.1
Figure 5.2
Figure 5.3
6. Now, crop your doll by dragging your mouse and putting a box around the doll on the WHITE background like the following:

7. After you have the box around your doll, go to View --> ToolBars...(Figure 5.1 up top) and then put a check in the box that is next to Tool Options Palette (Figure 7.1) and then press CLOSE:
Figure 7.1
8. A new tool bar should thus appear on your PSP screen (it may only be a little blue bar like Figure 8.1, but once you put your mouse on the blue part, it'll become bigger like Figure 8.2)
Figure 8.1
Figure 8.2
Now just click the CROP IMAGE BUTTON and you're picture should look like this:

9. Now you have your own doll. If you want a transparent background (if not then skip to step #13) then go to Colors --> Set Palette Transparency shown below:

       10. Then when the Decrease Color Depth window pops up, make sure everything matches the following and then press OK:
 
11. When the next window comes up, put your mouse over the white background of your image so that it turns into a black and white version of the following:
(a eye dropper)
Then click on the white background and now your window will look like the following (so that the dot is next to "Set the transparency value to palette entry" and the color next to that statement is white...the number doesn't necessarily have to match

Then press ok
12. To view your transparency, go to Colors --> View Palette Transparency:

Now there should be boxes behind your doll (alternating colored and white boxes):

13. Now, you must save your image under a gif format, follow the next few pictures and make sure everything is EXACTLY matched (unless you have a different version, it should match exactly. I have PSP 7.0 so if you have a lower version, just try your best for it to match). If you do not want to have transparency, then make the changes from the pictures by doing what it says in blue. If all the pictures do not show up, either refresh this page (if you've accessed from www.angelfire.com/realm/icyparadise/) or right click and say "Show Picture"...if neither of those works, just e~mail me: The stuff in red is very important
Figure 13.1
Figure 13.2 then press close
Figure 13.3 Click on the GIF button
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MATCHES:
Figure 13.4
Figure 13.5
Figure 13.6
Figure 13.7 then click OK

14. When the window pops up, find a place that you want to save your doll in and then give your doll a name. Press SAVE:

CONGRATULATIONS YOU'VE JUST MADE YOUR VERY OWN CARTOON DOLL!
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