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Removing Red Eye

Open the image in Paint Shop Pro and make sure the color depth is set to 16.7 Million colors. Click the Color Replacer tool from the Tool Palette. Hold down the Ctrl key, this will temporarily change the cursor to the Eyedropper tool. Right click the Background Box in the color palette and while still holding down the Ctrl key, move the Eyedropper tool and grab the RED color in the eye with Eyedropper. Now make Black the foreground color. All you need to do now is paint over the RED with the color replacer tool. This will change only the RED you chose and no other colors or highlights.
Embossing in Color.

The Emboss filter when applied to an object will change the color to GRAY. To keep the color near its original shade use Effects, Colored Chalk.  Set the Detail to 100% and the Opacity to 30%. 
Creating Simple Vignettes

Open your image and increase color depth to 16.7 million colors. Click on the Background color box in the color palette and select a color that you would like as the border color. Now click on the Rectangle Selection tool and in the Tool Options palette select the Ellise shape. Set the Feather value to between 8 and 12. Now strt in the center of the image and draw an ellipse by dragging the marquee out towards the edges. Go to the Selections menu and choose Selections, Inverse. Press the Delete key on your keyboard and you have an instant vignette. Try different colors of backgrunds and feather values.
Creating Textured Vignettes

Follow the example to create a simple vignette, then instead of pressing the Delete key on your keyboard click on Effects and try various Artistic, Textured or Blurred effects on the selection.
Realism in Pasted Objects

Whenever you cut and paste an object onto a background give it that 3D look of realism, here's how. Paste the object as a new layer. Then go to the Effects menu and choose 3D Effects, Drop Shadow. Set the opacity to 30 and the Vertical and horizontal Blur to 3. Thiswill blend you iage into the background with a look of realism.
Sharpening with the Unsharp Mask

When sharpening an image use the Unsharp Mask to retain more control and accuracy. The Unsharp Mask dialog box offers controls and image proofing so that the sharpness values can be instantly revealed. The dialog box contains three parameters, Radius,  Strength and Clipping values.

- The Radius determines the overall intensity of the sharpness by specifying the number of pixels to adjust around each edge. Use a number between 0.5 and 2 for best results. Lower numbers work best for screen images, higher numbers for printed output.

- The Strength numeric controls specify the amount of contrast by which you want to increase the pixels.

- The Clipping controls specify the difference in lightness values that adjacent must have before they are sharpened. 
Helping Faded Images

When a scanned image appears to be faded or the original photograph is just overexposed you can use the Layer functions to bring back some of the color depth and brilliance to the image. Open your image and make sure the color depth is set to 24 bits. Click on the Edit menu and slect Copy, then select Edit, Paste, As New Layer. In the Layer option palette go to Layer 1, click on Normal and choose Multiply for the blend mode.
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