Excellent workbench, thanks! I have one comment about using this technique for web-publishing or printing of digitally framed images: since the original image is scaled down, we lose some resolution that could be benefitial for printing, and, due to the necessary interpolation, some sharpness may also be lost and artifacts appear. I know it’s not as bad as it sounds, but why do it if we can avoid it? My technique is to create the solid color backgound layer (“the wall”), and then enlarge the canvas, instead of scaling down the image. The visible result is the same, but the original image stays intact. An additional benefit is that we have a better control of what the final dimensions will be, which can be important if the picture is going to be printed.

What do you think?