Caledonia & Maygen - Thanks! :) Jordy - HA! and I was gonna take your side on needles ;) As for that brother pic, well, I tried some things this evening, it's actually coming up rather nicely... if I keep just both the blue and red channels, the hair keeps some nice detailing (not as much as I'd like, but the lighting is at fault) and the skin comes out much better. I'm gonna try some other tricks on it and post it once I'm happier with it (hopefully by the time I'm fed up with it he will be too :P ). - darkpen