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TinfoilPhono wrote:The black is very striking indeed, but it's a bit stark and does tend to make the Edison bedplate blend into the background. But it certainly grabs the eye.

I played with Photoshop a while back and decided I liked the effect of using gradiants. Here's one example.

JohnM wrote:Looks great on a black background! The only thing that I would recommend is to trace around the edges of everything that touches the black background with a 'Blur' brush set on 'Darken' at about 50%-60%. that will knock the edge down a bit and soften the transition to the black so that it doesn't look so 'cut-out'.