Grid Tutorial for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 7 or 8

I will show you how to add grids to an image. First start out with the image you would like to add a grid to.

Now, make a new image that is 10 pixels by 10 pixels with a transparent background. This is very important that it is transparent, otherwise this will not work. You can actually make the image any size. For example: make a 30 by 30 pixel image if you want the grids to be 30 pixels large. With the paint brush size as "1" draw a black border around the outside of the image. You will make a black box. Do not close this image.

Now switch back to the image that you would like to add the grid to. The next step is to make a new raster layer by going to Layers- New Raster Layer, and label this layer "grid". Now select the gradient tool and set the fill to a pattern fill . In PSP 9, go to the Materials pallete, and click on one of the two boxes of color. Then click on the "Pattern" tab. Then click on the arrow next to the box of the current pattern, and choose the small grid image that you just created. Now click ok, and left or right click (depending if you made the color the foreground or background color), and your grid should be pasted in.

The last step is to lighten the grid by adjusting the opacity of the grid layer. Slide the slider to the left in the layers palette. You have now created the grid effect. You can chane the grid size by changing the size of the new image. If you are having any trouble at all with this tutorial, please watch the flash Viewlet video of this effect!