A little while back I wrote How To Add Some Depth To Your AR Posts, but it was for MAC ONLY.
Jennifer Wilson, really wanted a way to do this on her PC, that was easier to use than Photoshop and she wrote a post about it. Well, since it's my fault that she is on this hunt, I felt it was my responsibility to find a solution that would apply to my PC using friends as well.
I've reviewed Picnik.com before, but haven't been back in a while.
I am delighted to tell you they have enhanced their offering and have added a ton of new features, most of which you can use for free and without ever signing up for an account. The image to the right was created online at Picnik.com without signing up for an account. It's easy, fast and you can see everything happening in real time on screen. So, you won't have to guess if it's going to look right.
As you can see, it does the trick of making the image pop off the page. This is just one technic and style you can use there. There are others as well.
Video Tutorial
The video below shows you exactly how I did this, but I think you will find that the site is simple to follow and WAY EASIER to use than Photoshop!
Jennifer... this one's for you.
blockquote {margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 30px; padding: 10px 0pt 0pt 20px; width:500px; background: transparent url(http://www.realestateshows.com/jeff/quotes.gif) no-repeat scroll left top; font-size: 120%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: #356D9E; line-height: 1.2em;}
h2 {
color:#356D9E!important;
font-family:Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:20px!important;
font-size-adjust:none;
font-stretch:normal;
font-style:normal;
font-variant:normal;
font-weight:normal;
letter-spacing:0pt;
line-height:24px;a
margin:9pt 0pt 0px;
padding:6px 0pt 0px;
}
h3 {
color:#356D9E!important;
font-family:Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:20px!important;
font-size-adjust:none;
font-stretch:normal;
font-style:normal;
font-variant:normal;
font-weight:normal;
letter-spacing:0pt;
line-height:24px;
margin:9pt 0pt 0px;
padding:6px 0pt 0px;
}
a {
color:#356D9E;
text-decoration:underline; }
p{ margin-top:2px!important;}
a:hover {
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
background:#356D9E;
border 1px solid #DDA603 }
what do you think, I blogged about this photo! 
Tool Boy......you are the greatest!! This is a neat toy.... Thanks
I loved the black and white color fade out feature (I think that is what it is called) I used to show our Admn gal karen with our newest office member, Realtor® Trudy's new baby Veronica. 
Thanks....it was fun! and very useful for my business!
~ Julia
Jeff, my puppy Rocco and I thank you.
;)
;)
