PSP Pro 2023: Fit image size, filling it with blured image

[SullyPanda76cl]

Hi,
I have to convert daily dozens of image into a specific format (1:1, or 16:9, or 9:16, etc)

Actually I'm moving them to my mobile, and using a "free-app", to achieve this with one click

If I insist on doing this on desktop PSP I must:
a) image > canvas size > (desired dimension)
b) copy image into another layer
c) apply blur to that new layer
d) enlarge that new layer

Original

Desired

I'm sure I'm doing it wrong, and there's a simple way...
Thanks

[LeviFiction]

That is a perfectly good simple way to get the effect you want. Keep in mind a mobile app does most of the exact same things it just hides them behind a single button. In PSP it's possible to get close to a single click with scripts. I made a similar one for someone else on the forums six years ago or so...not sure where it is. But they used solid color borders which did make the job easier.

Another option would be to:
1) Use Edit -> Copy to copy the entire image to the clipboard
2) Use Resize command to resize the image stretching out the short side to match the long side.
3) Use Blur
4) Paste as New Layer

Still 4 steps. But make it into a script and all you have to do is run it. It can also be used on batches of image using the Batch Processing command so it can be pretty quick.

Here's a new script that I think does exactly what you want. Wasn't sure what blurring method you used, so I used Guassian Blur set to 100 by default. To test it out just unzip the script into your Scripts-Restricted folder. Then in PSP open the Scripts toolbar, select the script, and run it.