Adding Contrast to Photos without outside Filters in PSP

Last night I was experimenting with that contrast look but without using the contrast master filter and it can be done without filters in psp.
I tried it with it with psp 7 and psp 12

Psp 7 effects-enhance photo-clarify
Psp 10 up to 12 Adjust-brightness and contrast-clarify

Psp 7 apply the clarify at a setting of 5 as that is the highest it goes to
And apply it 4 or 5 times
In psp 10 up to 12 you apply the clarify set at 20
Once is good but for more dramatic effect it can be applied twice

In psp 7 I used automatic saturation enhancement set at more colorful and strong
In psp 12 you can use Adjust-smart photo fix and slide the saturation slider up to 40 or higher
Or to use the same exact effect as psp's 7 automatic saturation enhancement in psp 10 and higher, you can do this
Go up to View--customize-unused commands and locate Automatic saturation enhancement and click on it and drag it up to the top of your program in the grey area.

Here is the original and look and see the after one which I applied the above effects.



applying the above effects


For a softer look, after applying the above effects, duplicate your background layer (your picture layer) 2 times
On the middle layer apply the guassian blur at 20
The top layer lower it to 50 or a tad higher
You can leave the mode at normal or change it to darken for a totally different look
I set this one at the opacity of 69 and changed the mode to darken.