Step 1

Open your image in Paint Shop Pro. I’m using a image of a Ford Focus I took a while ago. .

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Step 2

Go to Enhance Photo > High Pass Sharpen…

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… and use these settings:

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Step 3

Go back to Enhance Photo and click Clarify and use these settings:

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Click OK. Makes a big difference huh?

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Step 4

No, we’re not done yet. You can see the image now has a lot of distortion. This could be because the image was a lower-quality .jpg, or the filters just add a lot of distortion to the image, but to fix this we’ll go back to Enhance Photo and click One Step Noise Removal.

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Nice difference, so much cleaner. On some images you might have to go to Adjust > Sharpen > Sharpen, others you shouldn’t. Try and it and see how it looks.

Step 5

Add a Saturtation layer…

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… and use the following settings:

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Conclusion

Well now, that wasn’t to bad was it? And you got a nice HDR effect. Some pictures will look incredible with these effects, others not as much. Play with the settings, change things, experiment.

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