Admire your handiwork
It takes only a few minutes to create an interesting blend. The final image is shown in Figure F.

FIGURE F

Wouldn't you like to go here, too? Click picture for a larger image.

Blends are nice, but don't overuse them. They're good for Web page header graphics, advertisements, product information, and so forth. They get very annoying after a while if you use them for your personal photographs or scrapbook. Like any special effect, the more sparingly it's used, the more effective.

For more than 20 years, David Gewirtz, the author of Where Have All The Emails Gone? and The Flexible Enterprise, has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com.