1 The icon refers to a new image is as follows: we can open it from File / New.

2 ° A window opens and there you can select the measure and mode of this new image:

The 1 st group of arrows indicates the size width and height that we select for our new image as well as the units, which must always be in pixels, as it will be with this unit you are going to work.

Arrow 2 ° the background transparent. If desmarcáramos, we can choose the background color, white, black etc ....
We accept and we can work on the image.

Open a PSP image:

1 The process is the same for all images, File / Browse and locate the image that usually must be in a folder ready for it. When you see it, two clicks on it with the mouse cursor (left button) and will open in the workspace of the PSP:

2 ° We just want to use one of the fairies, so the first step is to check if they are in separate layers or not. Let the layers palette and see if there is one or more:

On this occasion are in layers, typically the most often

3 ° We only choose the one that we used to know which is the layer you want, we can go hiding all, or easier still, to leave a few seconds the cursor on each of the layers, see a thumbnail that we sample containing this layer:

Select it and then Copy, minimizing the image and paste in which we work. You can paste as New Layer, new selection. etc. Even as a new image by clicking on either side of the screen, ie .... where there is no image This will create a fairy who did you choose to. And now we can work and apply techniques and effects on it.

Open a jpg

1, File / Browse

2 If we want to work directly on it, we must go to Layers / Promote to layer or layers palette:

as indicated by the catch. And to work .... the limit set ourselves

Open Image Gif (Increase the color depth of an image)

1 When we want to use a gif image, to add or change a signature, proceed as we know: File / Browse double click on the desired image and it appears on the screen of the PSP.

2 ° But to work on it we have something in mind. We will look at the color palette and can encontrárnosla as follows:

(Also in gray color scheme, or those upon whom the color palette of the image itself)

3 ° We will go to: Image / Increase the number of colores/16 million colors

Now we will see and the color palette:

4 If we want to save the previous point, go directly to Layers / Promote Background to Layer:

If the image you're using, it is also gif format and depending on which we have already told our program to automatically do this step or not, we will get a request to increase the colors:

Accepted and now we're ready to work on it.

If ever we check the option Always Take These actions this step is done automatically and also the image is ready to work with.