how is begin actually your procedures if you to process a picture?
I mean, what are you doing first with the source?


cheers
mc

first thing I do is resize image to 300 dpi and set the scale to 30cm x whatever the height ratio of that may be.

Then I set about extending the source to fit my chosen proportions I have for my portfolio.

The the fun begins

What anti virus would you guys recommend?

Mac OS X or Linux.

McAfee Total Protection Suite 2007

If I have no ideas , I'll pick which element I think I'd like to use from the source and isolate it, clean it up.
If it's only a small area of the source I'll crop it out and then enlarge that to work on it first.

that to, especially if its a 'hard' or 'difficult' source, playing with the elements of a source can bring great ideas

I use polar coordinates both ways first to see if there is anything I see in the distortions.

step 1: make coffee
step 2: get ashtray and cigarettes, smoke one cigarette
step 3: coffee should be ready by now, poor a cup.
step 4: open ps with image
step 5: take a look from far away
step 6: rotate image to see if no hidden image is exposed
step 7: think of a theme that fits
step 8: drink coffee, light up another cigarette
step 9: think of a theme that fits
step 10: drink coffee, light up another cigarette
step 11: think of a theme that fits
step 12: drink coffee, light up another cigarette
step 13: think of a theme that fits
step 14: drink coffee, light up another cigarette
step 15: pull my hair out
step 16: shut down computer
step 17: go to bed, sleep
step 18: wake up
step 19: repeat steps 1 to 19

First I make a copy and save the original, I'll tell you more when I get back from school later on.

IT BURNS!!!!!! AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!

Get ya some AVG (providing you have a PC that is).

dude your a savior, i got McAfee too. I got it as a complimentary download from Comcast.

How well can an Antivirus work if its free?

The best things in life are free http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html