What's pathetic about it?? That I don't have time to learn PS?? Yah, you could say that - but I could also certainly say I don't have time to learn how to add custom aftermarket graphics to my car either. Not that I couldn't do it given the time & inclination.

Nah - these are 'goodies', I think. Figure that most 'art' ('cause I know your definition of art is your own) is for personal taste - not always for the public, even tho we offer up our workings for others to see. If I have an image & want to see what it'd look like with a certain effect on it - woe to me for not knowing the ins and outs of PS - but someone has nicely placed a number of effects in the marketplace that someone else may find value in and therefore shells out the money to be able to further enhance or experiment with on their image.

You know what this reminds me of really?? Going to a craft show and seeing things I know I could make and gazing in wonderment & shock at the prices. Then coming upon a booth with a sign that says "Yes, you could make it too - but will you?"