Slicing the Image

Now let's move on to the serious stuff with the Image Slicer tool:

1. Click on the Image Slicer button on the Web tools bar.
   
   
Paint Shop Pro 7 opens the Image Slicer dialog box.


2. Click on the small loop-shaped button, at the bottom-right of the window, to make the document bigger.
   
   
The Pan tool, on the far right, allows you to move the image inside the window.



Figure 4: The image slicer panel.


3. Click on the Slicer Tool button in the Tools area, to the top-left of the panel.
   
   
4. Now drag the mouse pointer over the image zone: the pointer becomes a knife.
   
   
5. Take note of the X and Y values, shown in the bottom-left of the window: X indicates the pointer's position on the horizontal plane, Y the position on the vertical plane. Don't worry about the X value, bring the pointer to Y = 30, then click.
   
   
Note how Paint Shop Pro 7 draws a horizontal or vertical black line, depending on whether the pointer is moved towards the top or the bottom, or towards the right or the left.


6. Release the button: the image has been sliced at level Y = 30.
   
   


Figure 5: A horizontal slice at Y = 30 pixels.

Now you have to do the same for coordinates Y = 60 and Y = 90. The image has now been sliced into four equal parts.

If you make a mistake, erase the slicing line by activating the Delete tool - it looks like an eraser - then click on the line to delete it.