The fifth Tools of the Trade Tip is on how to edit the photos you take of your homes.  I use Corel's Paint Shop Pro XI.  Paint Shop Pro (PSP) got bought out by Corel a few years ago and Corel continues PSP's annual upgrade.  There has just been a new release but I have not bought it yet.

While PSP ranges in price from $99 to $129 retail, one can get it on eBay for as low as $20 to $25.

While I am not very talented in using this very powerful tool, below are just a few examples of what can be done all with the same photo.  The original photo is the first one with all the other photos being cropped, text and graphics added, shape altered, etc.  I realize the photos that were cropped needed to be brightened up some but I didn't have time to play with them for this blog.  I just wanted to demo some of the things that could be done using this very powerful tool.

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