'Posterize' Effect in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

I recently used this lovely photo in a blog post on old books. Here's how you can achieve the look for your own photos using a simple photo effect in Paint Shop Pro.

The Original Image

Here's my original photo of a close-up shot from my bookshelf. Not that the books did not make the picture pretty enough, but I just cannot help myself whenever I am editing in Paint Shop Pro which is my favorite graphic software. I tried on a few effects until I saw the results of 'Posterize' and decided to keep it.

Posterize

You will find the effect under 'Effects' > 'Artistic Effects' > 'Posterize'

I used a setting of 10 Levels. Always check 'Preview on Image' to see what level of posterizing you would like. There is nothing like watching it 'real time'.

That's it. I was only looking for a little something that would not take away from the original photo, but you can go with as much or as little effect as you would like.