Easily create
B & W effects 
and frames in
Photoshop
ElementsThe actions in the newly-renamed Portrait Lab offer a variety of ways to convert your color photos into Black and White (including utilizing multiple saturation adjustment layers, various color channels, additional color layers and several combinations of them all).

Formerly known as "B&W Lab", this updated installer also includes numerous framing actions - from simple black or white outlines to more complex gallery frames, letterboxing and outlines with your text.

These actions are all fully compatible with Photoshop Elements 6, 7 & 8. There are 53 different actions available - actions that color adjust, color tint, desaturate, manipulate color channels and several additional actions that frame your images in a variety of ways, from gallery frames, to elegant line frames to solid borders.

Now you can create stunningly crisp Black and White images - and frame them - with just a click. What's more, for Elements 6 & 7 users, this pack unlocks the Black and White Adjustment layer - a powerful image adjustment layer only available to Photoshop users. (*Note: the Black and White adjustment layer action does not work in Photoshop Elements 8).

The download includes an installer, so you don't have to waste time moving files here and there. Simply download, unzip, run the installer and fire up Elements. That's it.

Some folks offer you one or two effects for far more than the cost of this self-installing pack, which brings 53 powerful actions to Photoshop Elements. Combine this pack with Add-O-Matic 8, which will allow you to quickly load Black & White Adjustment presets (*.blw files) that you can download from around the internet and load them effortlessly within the Black and White adjustment dialog box.

Also in Photoshop Elements 7 & 8, these actions are specially modified to run within the Actions Player, located in Guided Edit mode - and the installer puts them there for you automatically!

Want to see some samples? Here's a slideshow that scrolls through the various frame and effect actions included in this pack:

Check out this action pack - I'm sure you'll be happy with both the results and the price!