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Open the image in PSP and go to Effect>Enhance Photo>Automatic Contrast Enhancement. Play around with the settings to get the desired effect. For greater visibility keep Bias Lighter, Strength Normal and Appearance Natural.

A single line is just that … a line. It doesn’t do much. But if the Create as Vector option was selected then the line may be edited and deformed later with the Vector Properties dialog box and the Vector Object Selection tool.

Place the cursor over your canvas and draw a straight line. Left-click anywhere above or below the line. Direction handles will appear at each end of the line. Drag the direction handle to form a curve. You can also create point-to-point lines by simply clicking on different points on the canvas to connect them.

There are times when a photograph is laden with white spots that simply spoil the image. You can use the Retouch tool to improve the image. Click the Retouch button. Keep the brush size normal – don’t make it too large. Also make sure that the Hardness, Opacity and Density are kept low. For Retouch Mode, select Push as the option. By doing so, the adjoining colours are pushed on to the damaged portion and the image gets cleaned up by moving the adjoining colours into the white spot. Carefully move the cursor from the surrounding darker colours on to the white spot until it has disappeared.

The smooth transition of one image blending into another is always wonderful and is used by many professional to portray their artwork. To do the same, open a new file with default settings and then add a new layer by clicking on Layers>New Raster Layer. Then open another image. Pick the Freehand tool and draw a selection around the image. Keep the settings as follows: Selection Type: Point to Point, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias: Checked.

Feather the selection by 15 pixels. Copy the selection and then go to the main image and paste it as a new selection using (Ctrl)+(E). Click on Layers>Properties and set the Blend Mode to Hardlight. You will be amazed at the blending of two different images. Use different images with various backgrounds and try blending them using various options.

If you want your photograph to have a vintage look, then do the following. Create a new image that is the same size as your photo and has a white background. Make your photo the active image by clicking on its title bar. Select the entire image using the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl)+(A). Go to Selections>Modify>Feather and feather by 30 pixels. Click OK. Then copy the selection to the clipboard. Make the white image active and paste the clipboard as new selection from Edit>Paste>As New Selection. Centre selection and deselect it. Your new photo should now have faded edges. Go to Effects>Noise>Add. Add around 8-10 per cent noise. Click OK. Then go to Colour>Colorize. Keep the settings as follows-Hue:30, Saturation:40. Click OK. You can adjust these settings to your own preference. Now the image should have that vintage look.