Have you seen "The Russell Brown Show"? No, it's not on TV. It's on the Internet. Russel performs various tricks with Photoshop, but he doesn't hold any secrets from you. He gives them away in Tips & Techniques section of his website. And it's an instant bookmark in my browser, which is Firefox by the way .

Who knows how to frame an image rise a hand! Not many as I see. Don't worry it seems that I don't know either.
Why would you want to learn about framing? Several reasons. For instance, you may need to frame a photograph, which you bought at a flea market and want to get a best frame and a best deal. You may want to speak with the guy who does the framing and do it on a professional level. Or may be you are selling your own photographs and need to frame quite a bunch, that's why you are thinking about doing it in-house.
So if you are interested, then let's learn about it at StartFraming.com. There are many good educational articles on this topic.

This article is a new and better version of an existing one (called "Complex Black and White Conversion) that was revamped specially for you. It explains how to select and manipulate tone and contrast compostions in conversion of a color image into a black and white image, and how to add some effects and finally present it. The process may appear to be complex and cumbersome, but it provides a lot of possibilities to control the contrast and tones using a mix of channels and variations of blending modes.
I would realy apreciate your feedback on this article, because I am going to redo the other 50+ articles. That's why every critique counts.

If you are a serious photographer and manage a lot of photographs, you may want to consider an investment into a tool that would cover most (if not all) of your day to day activities. ExpressDigital offers a matured version of such a tool - Darkroom v8.7.

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