??? selection → 300 × 300 result

(Right-click and Save As... the above image to store it)

Composition

• Horizontally flip the cropped image
• Show grid for Rule of Thirds when manipulating the crop area
• Show outline of cropped area (helps with dark images)
• Use Hermite scaler (sometimes improves scaling of crisp lines)

Effects

• Convert output to black and white (grayscale)
• Darken the edges and corners of the image (vignetting)
• Add some noise to the image (grain)
• Nudge the image towards a red-brownish tone (sepia)
• Remove effects