Like many of us, as an amateur, I've toyed with the idea of turning my photos into some sort of art form such as using a software program either to directly activate a style, ie impressionism or European oil painting. I've looked at Corel, but they have so many versions, its hard to understand what you are getting. I would also enjoy learning how to do the conversion by hand using various brush strokes etc.

Are there any such aficionados out there that have an opinion they'd like to share??

After having my first eye done yesterday I noticed a distinct shift in color balance towards the blue end of the spectrum. I never even thought about color balance as most talk concerning cataracts always focused on clarity and haziness... Before freaking out I did a little research and discovered that a cataract has a yellow brownish look; Gee, walking around with a warming filter. My next thoughts were how much this has affected post processing in the past and how things will be diff. in the future. I know we all see color and brightness differently and it will be interesting to go back and examine some post images and SEE how they now appear through a clear lens... Prob. only interesting to those who have had a lens replacement but I thought I would comment on it. Bob