Paint Shop Pro allows you to bring in selected frames from Jasc Animation Shop. After exporting the frames, you can use Paint Shop Pro's image editing arsenal to modify the frames before sending them back to Animation Shop.
Before opening Animation Shop frames in Paint Shop Pro, be aware of the Export option in the Animation Shop Preferences (this option affects how selected animation frames open in Paint Shop Pro).
To set the export options in Animation Shop:
In Animation Shop, choose File > Preferences > General Program Preferences, and choose the Layered Files tab. The first option is a check box labeled "Export frames to Paint Shop Pro as layered images"
Your choices are:
If you mark this check box, when you subsequently select multiple animation frames for export to Paint Shop Pro, the frames will be contained as individual layers within one Paint Shop Pro image.
If you do NOT mark this check box, when you subsequently select multiple animation frames for export to Paint Shop Pro, each frame will open as its own Paint Shop Pro image file.
To open frames from Animation Shop:
In Animation Shop, select the frames you want to export to Paint Shop Pro. Only selected frames will be exported.
Choose File > Export Frames > To Paint Shop Pro.
If Paint Shop Pro is already open, it will become the active application, and the selected frame(s) will appear. If Paint Shop Pro was not open, it will start up, and the selected frame(s) will appear.
While animation frames are open in Paint Shop Pro, the two programs are “linked,” meaning that modifications made on the frames in Paint Shop Pro can be automatically updated to the associated animation in Animation Shop. (To do so, in Paint Shop Pro, choose Edit > Update Back to Animation Shop). You can, however, break this link. To do so, in Animation Shop, choose File > Export Frames > Break Link with Exported Frames. You can also break the link by closing the images in Paint Shop Pro without saving changes.
If you also have an older version of Paint Shop Pro, be aware that Animation Shop will export selected frames to the most recently used version of Paint Shop Pro.
Capturing Images from a Computer Screen
Setting Screen Capture Options
Importing Images from Digital Cameras and Scanners
Using the Paint Shop Pro Browser