Normally, I usually use Paint Shop Pro 9 to manage my digital manipulations.  All I typically do is...

• Resize

• Crop

• Rotate

• Minor adjustments to brightness & contrast (Histogram adjustment)

• Colorize (e.g. the pseudo-sepia toning)

In other words, just basic image editing.

Lately, I've been playing with more serious digital manipulations.  Soon after Jessica's first visit, I applied a lot of effects & filters to a single image to survey the available changes.  You can see those variations here.

Below are some new variations, using a different image from a recent sitting.

My typical formatting, by hand (Paint Shop Pro)
Enhancing color	Colorized (sepia-ish) & saturated
Virtual Photographer (free plug-in) by OptikVerveLabs
Sixties Slide	Ambience
Anvil	Blue Stone
Brownie	Character
Concord	Copper
Diffuse	Disposable
Fall Colors	Fashion
Flashback	Glamour
Hard Steel	Hollywood
Photocopy	Reminiscing
Satin Steel	Sepia
Snap	Spooky
Paint Shop Pro (Artistic Effects)
Brush	I've got to admit that I am enjoying the various "artistic effects" available in Paint Shop Pro 9. (They have more impact on larger images than this one.)
PhotoStudio 5 from ArcSoft,
Charcoal	Cool
Impressionistic	Melt
Midnight	Splash
Watercolor	Wind

These effects are a lot of fun -- something to do while I'm "watching" TV by my computer.  Note:  these effects are more effective (pun intended) when applied to larger images.

What Do You Think?
I only have one monitor & one browser -- I can't check the effects of my scans & image editing in a variety of settings.  Just because an image looks good on my PC, that doesn't mean it looks good for all visitors.