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HDR Photomerge

This short video shows you how to create a single image with a full range of tones from several bracketed exposures using Paint Shop Pro Photo X2’s HDR Photo Merge feature. If a single exposure results in an image with blown (pure white) highlights, or dense black shadows, then your subject will almost certainly benefit [...]

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Tinting black and white photos

The Sepia Toning filter
Once we’ve removed all the colour from a photo, quite naturally, the next thing we want to do is put some back in. PSP’s Sepia Toning filter can be found on the Photo Effects sub-menu of the Effects [...]

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Creating Black and white images from colour originals

You might think that the advent of digital photography would have spelled the end for black and white photos, but you’d be wrong. Sure, in the days of film, black and white was cheaper and easier to process, but, there’s also something special about the quality of monochromatic images. Removing colour makes things simpler and [...]

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