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| The following procedure can be used with Paint Shop Pro 6 to adjust underwater photos taken without the cameras internal strobe or an external strobe. The credit for this process goes to Andrew, nickname "ShoaldiverSA" on scubaboard.com. | |||
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| The process is as follows: | |||
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1) Open image |
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| 2) Display Layer Palette (View > Tool Bars > Layer Palette) | |||
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| 3) In the Layer Palette, right click on Background layer. Click Duplicate | |||
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| 4) Click Insert New Layer | |||
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| 5) In New Layer dialog, change the Blend Mode to Color. Click OK | |||
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| 6) Make the new layer active, then select the Fill tool. In the Fill Options dialog set the tolerance to 200 and the opacity to 100% | |||
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| 7) Select 50% gray as the foreground color (R:128, G:128, B:128). Fill the new layer with the selected gray. | |||
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| 8) Click Insert New Layer | |||
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| 9 In New Layer dialog, change the Blend Mode to Multiply. Click OK. | |||
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10) Select Red (R:255, G:0, B:0) as the foreground color. Fill the new layer with the selected color. |
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| 11) Set the Background layer visibility to off (click on the glasses icon). | |||
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| 12) Click Layers > Merge > Merge Visible. | |||
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| 13) The resulting merged layer will be labeled Merged in the Layer Palette. Change its Blend Mode to Screen. | |||
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| 14) Make the Background layer visible again | |||
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| 15) Click Layers > Merge > Merge All (Flatten) | |||
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| 16) Adjust Hue/Saturation and Sharpness to taste. | |||
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