actions for PSProX?

hi all,

please forgive me on two levels here ... i'm new to the 
group and i haven't taken part in one of these 
newsgroups in years (have been mostly with the yahoo 
groups) so i hope i'm doing this right  ... AND what 
i'm about to ask might be a stupid question, but ...

i LOVE my PSProX ... i don't want to switch to 
PhotoShop, yet i see a lot of interesting "actions" 
available that would make some of my work a lot easier. 
but these seem to be compatible only with PhotoShop.

are there actions somewhere that work with PSProX?  i'm 
not looking for a lot ... just a couple that would make 
my life easier as far as doing more 'vintage' stuff in 
a more 'batch' approach.

thank you SO much.

illona 

i l l o n a wrote:

> i LOVE my PSProX ... i don't want to switch to
> PhotoShop, yet i see a lot of interesting "actions"
> available that would make some of my work a lot easier.
> but these seem to be compatible only with PhotoShop.
> 
> are there actions somewhere that work with PSProX?  i'm
> not looking for a lot ... just a couple that would make
> my life easier as far as doing more 'vintage' stuff in
> a more 'batch' approach.

PSP uses scripts written in Python. You can record these,
adapt other people's scripts or write your own. Scripts can
be used to execute PSP commands. However, by including the
appropriate Python modules such scripts can also do operating
system commands, access web pages, connect to other computers
and so on. 

There's a whole bunch of scripts you can find by Googling
(see http://www.google.com/search?q=psp+scripts) but here
are a few links (in no particular order) to various kinds
of scripts:
http://www.dejudicibus.it/psl/
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/psp8scripts/index.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~pixelnook/ (Comcast has screwed this
page up again)
http://www.digitalartresources.com/Scripting/psp8scripts.htm
http://users.adelphia.net/~suzshook/8scripts.htm
http://members.home.nl/j.a.c.backer/gif-index.html
http://www.sheilsoft.com/psp.htm
http://www.justkiss.com/scripts/index.html

I don't know what you mean by "vintage" but attached is a
script I wrote based on Nightingail's suggestions to do a
vintage postcard effect. Unzip it and put it in your
Scripts-Restricted folder under My PSP Files.

i l l o n a wrote:
> ... i see a lot of interesting "actions" available that would
> make some of my work a lot easier. but these seem to be
> compatible only with PhotoShop. are there actions somewhere
> that work with PSProX?  ...

Hi Illona. PSP cannot run Photoshop actions, which are programmed in 
Adobe's proprietary extensions to Basic. Instead, PSP calls them 
scripts, which you can record yourself or can program in Jasc's 
proprietary extensions to Python (now owned by Corel).

To learn about recording scripts as aids to the repetitive parts of 
your work, read the chapters in Help > Contents > Automating Tasks. 
For scripts written by others that you can download and run, try
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22paint+shop+pro%22+script. Learn 
more by subscribing to the scripting newsgroup at 
news://cnews.corel.com/corel.PaintShopPro_Scripting.
-- 
Fred Hiltz,  fhiltz at yahoo dot com