This tutorial was derived from a Greg Martin Photoshop tutorial. Special thanks goes to Greg for allowing me to write this tutorial for Paint Shop Pro 9. Create an amazing realistic starfield with Paint Shop Pro. There are alot of great things to learn from this tutorial, give it a try and show me what you came up with.

To bring out the brighter stars and dim the darker ones we need to adjust the brightness and contrast. Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Brightness/Contrast use the settings Brightness: 10 Contrast: 45. Things may look to dark right now but keep it this way for now.