Paint Shop Pro contains many features you can use to enhance your photos. Whenever you work on photos, you should follow the same basic steps in a specific order to get the best results. This is necessary because some later actions remove image data that is needed to successfully complete earlier steps.
To improve photographs:
Calibrate your monitor to ensure that screen and print images match as closely as possible and that colors are consistent from image to image. For more information, see Calibrating Your Monitor.
Improve colors, contrast, and saturation. Use Paint Shop Pro’s automatic adjustment commands or use the manual adjustments to make initial corrections to your images. See How to Approach Color, Contrast, and Saturation Adjustments.
Remove "noise" image artifacts often present in digital photos. See Using the Digital Camera Noise Removal Filter.
Remove color aberrations often present in digital photos. See Using the Chromatic Aberration Removal Filter.
Quickly correct problems caused by too much flash or not enough flash. See Using the Fill Flash Filter and Using the Backlighting Filter.
Correct defects caused by the image source, including unwanted patterns on scanned images and undesirable lines on video frames. See Removing Source Defects.
Correct image defects such as black or white specks, and image distortions caused by camera lenses. See Removing Image Defects and Noise and Correcting Image Distortions.
Retouch photos, including removing scratches and red-eye effects on people and animals. During this step you can also remove unwanted highlights and objects from your photos. See Retouching Photographs.
Clarify and sharpen images. See Improving Image Clarity.
Analyzing images using the histogram: For image editing professionals, the histogram and its accompanying adjustment features are powerful tools for understanding and correcting images—especially those with contrast or brightness problems. For casual users, getting familiar with the histogram may not be necessary because Paint Shop Pro offers many simpler ways to adjust images. For information about using the histogram to analyze your photos, see Using the Histogram to Analyze Images.
Basic Steps in Improving Photographs
How to Approach Color, Contrast, and Saturation Adjustments
Common Problems and How to Solve Them