Grungy Effect

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Ever wondered how to get those small kinda dot thingys? Here's how you do it. It makes your layouts look more grungy and cool.

Step 1: Start by making a layout, or just open a picture you want to use in Paint Shop Pro. Here's the picture I'll be using for this tutorial:


Step 2: Click Image >> Decrease colour depth >> 2 colour (1 bit).

Step 3: A new window will appear. Here you have to select Grey Values and Ordered dither. If you don't know what I mean, just change your settings so they look like mine:


Step 4: Click Ctrl + C, to copy your picture, then click Ctrl + Z, to undo the decrease of the colours and then click Ctrl + L, to paste the picture you just copied as a new layer on top of your firt picture.

Step 5: Change the opacity of your new layer to 20%. Your layer palette should look like this:


Step 6: Here's my finished picture: