CG Art Help! (Paintshop Pro)

[Koroki]

Okay,I outlined my picture with the pen tool,and it looks perfect.But,when I try to color it in,it looks horrible!Lookie!:



and then,I fix it,(for almost 7 hours...) it looks like this:

[DM was on fire!]

When you fixed it, did you save it in .JPG? That was what your problem was.
What version of PSP are you using?

[Koroki]

Really?What should I save it as? .GIF?

I'm using Corel Paintshop Pro X.

[Marissa]

What are you coloring with?

[WIS]

If you save it in JPEG, expect JPEG noise around the edges. You should save it in a PNG, or alternatively, you can go to [File -> Export -> JPEG] and set the JPEG compression to "1".

[Koroki]

Okay,I have just a few more questions. >_>
1.) Would this affect my computer in any way?
2.) Could I make it as a Bitmap (sp?) without having to do it all over again?

[Leraje]

It seems to me that when you first tried to color it in, you weren't using a different layer. That's what caused that white outline. What you do is:

1. Keep the outline as a vector layer.
2. create a new raster layer beneath the vector outline
3. color the picture on that second raster layer.
4. don't be afraid to use multiple layers for different colors/shadows/etc.
5. when you are finished, merge the layers, and save the pic AS A DIFFERENT FILE. Don't save over the current file just in case you decide to change anything later on.

I think that should take care of your problems, and you should be able to save as a JPG with decent results.