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Improve a Dull Photo with Paint Shop Pro

Paint Shop Pro Tutorial

From Sue Chastain, About.com

By Sonja Shea

Have you ever been on vacation, snapping photos right and left, only to come home, upload them to your computer and find that they look dull, washed out, not at all what you expected? Paint Shop Pro offers you many one-step methods for fixing this problem, but don't always yield the best results. For this tutorial we are going to be using layers, layer blend modes, and gradient mask to improve the color in a dull photo. Get Started...

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Practice ImageSave the Practice Imagemultiply modeDuplicateNew Mask LayerNew Mask LayerFlood Fill GradientFlood Fill Gradient
Gradient PreviewGradient PreviewSelect a Gradient StyleSelect a Gradient StyleFill Mask LayerFill Mask LayerToo Dark in PartsToo Dark in Parts
Make a loose selectionLasso Selection ToolRefine the Selection with BrushRefine the Selection with BrushAnts reappearEdit SelectionActivate DuplicateActivate Duplicate

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