Stay Calm Tag Tutorial by Meshi
Needed: Paint Shop Pro (I used XV). No outside filters are needed. Animation Shop is used if you want to animate. An image (I used one I purchased through Creative Fabrica). 1. File > Open Your tube 2. Window > Duplicate (You can now close out the original.) 3. Image > Resize Pixel Dimensions Height 246 Pixels (Width will adjust itself) Resample using: Weighted Average Lock aspect ratio = Checked Resize all layers = Checked (Sometimes I like to crop the image first if there is a bit of space above/below.) 4. Adjust > Sharpness > Unsharp Mask Settings = High Res Portrait which is: Radius: 1.00 Strength: 50 Clipping: 2 Luminance only = Unchecked Or use any setting of your choice. 5. Layers > Duplicate 6. Image > Canvas Size New Dimensions Width: 600 Pixels Height: 250 Placement = Middle box 7. Dropper Tool Choose a light (left click on image) and a medium color (right click on image). 8. Layers > New Raster Layer 9. Layers > Arrange > Send to Bottom