Cropping
When you're making a button or another picture in animation shop 3 it is smart to know how to crop, just incase it turnes out a little bit to big. If you have Paint Shop Pro, it works almost the same way.
Step 1: Start by making the picture, or opening it in Animation Shop 3.
Step 2: Then select the
crop tool, which looks like this:

. Use it on your picture to mark the aera you want to keep.
Step 3: When you're pleased with how the cropping will turn out, click
crop right over the toolbar.
Step 4: Now you're done, here's my cropped picture: