1) The Original Picture (source: homeofthenutty.com)

2) Adjusting with Corel paintshop pro

• Smart Photo Fix
• Brightness: All: 28, Shadows: -10, Highlights: 20, Contrast: 11, Focus: 68

2.1) Adjusting with Picmonkey (for people who don't have Corel Paintshop)

• Exposure
• Brightness: 10, Highlights: 40, Shadows: 20, Contrast: 0

3) Adding effects with Picmonkey.

Effect 1: Click the pumpkin at the bottom on your left. Click Vampire. Click Nosferatu Dawn. Blacks: 40%, Fade: 30%

This is what you get if you used corel paintshop in the beginning.

And this when you used picmonkey for adjusting.

4) Boost (corel paintshop adjust)

Picmonkey adjusting

5) Polaroid film (corel paintshop adjusting)

Picmonkey adjusting

As you can see there's not much difference whether you've used Corel Paintshop in the beginning or whether you started with Picmonkey right away.

6) Cropping

7) Resize (200x200)

1) The original screencap (homeofthenutty.com)

2) Adjusting with Corel Paint

• Smart Photo Fix
• Brightness: All: 28, Shadows: -20, Highlights: 20, Contrast: 22, Focus: 61

2.1) Adjusting with Corel (if you don't have Corel)

• Exposure
• Brightness: -8, Highlights: 69, Shadows: 0, Contrast: -3

3) Effects (pimonkey)

Effect 1: Cinerama

This is what you get if you used corel paintshop in the beginning.

And this when you used picmonkey right from the start.

Effect 2: Boost (50%)

picmonkey in the beginning

Effect 3: Polaroid Film

Picmonkey in the beginning

4) Cropping

5) Resize (200x200)

BUMP!!!