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.

Duplicate the "small stars" layer and name it "large stars" Layers > Duplicate. We are going to use the Brightness/Contrast again to really bring out the larger stars and hide the smaller ones Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Brightness/Contrast use the settings Brightness: 20 Contrast: 60.