Well, I've finally done it. Despite being a charter member of the John Henry so ciety and having a statue of Ned Ludd in my apartment, I've bought a confuser, o rdered a copy of Photoshop and signed up for a course in how to use it.

My intention is to continue shooting on conventional film, have decent scans mad e, and work from there. I'm not really interested in "special effects" or compo sites; I'm more attracted by the ability to have some of the control over my pho tos that goes along with conventional darkroom work, without having to put my ha nds into toxic chemicals.

Can anybody make any suggestions for additional resources to learn more about th e subject? Thanks.

Rob