diff --git a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/Effects.cs b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/Effects.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..753fcaef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/Effects.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * Greenshot - a free and open source screenshot tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2012  Thomas Braun, Jens Klingen, Robin Krom
+ * 
+ * For more information see: http://getgreenshot.org/
+ * The Greenshot project is hosted on Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/greenshot/
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 1 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Drawing.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+
+using Greenshot.Plugin.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using GreenshotPlugin.Core;
+
+namespace Greenshot.Core {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Interface to describe an effect
+	/// </summary>
+	public interface IEffect {
+		Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// DropShadowEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class DropShadowEffect : IEffect {
+		public DropShadowEffect() {
+			Darkness = 1f;
+			ShadowSize = 9;
+			ShadowOffset = new Point(-1, -1);
+		}
+		public float Darkness {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public int ShadowSize {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Point ShadowOffset {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			return ImageHelper.CreateShadow(sourceBitmap, Darkness, ShadowSize, ShadowOffset, out offsetChange, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb); //Image.PixelFormat);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// TornEdgeEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class TornEdgeEffect : IEffect {
+		public TornEdgeEffect() {
+			Darkness = 1f;
+			ShadowSize = 7;
+			ShadowOffset = new Point(-1, -1);
+		}
+		public float Darkness {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public int ShadowSize {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Point ShadowOffset {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			using (Bitmap tmpTornImage = ImageHelper.CreateTornEdge(sourceBitmap)) {
+				return ImageHelper.CreateShadow(tmpTornImage, Darkness, ShadowSize, ShadowOffset, out offsetChange, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb); //Image.PixelFormat);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// GrayscaleEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class GrayscaleEffect : IEffect {
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			offsetChange = Point.Empty;
+			return ImageHelper.CreateGrayscale(sourceBitmap);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// InvertEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class InvertEffect : IEffect {
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			offsetChange = Point.Empty;
+			return ImageHelper.CreateNegative(sourceBitmap);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// BorderEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class BorderEffect : IEffect {
+		public BorderEffect() {
+			Width = 2;
+			Color = Color.Black;
+		}
+		public Color Color {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public int Width {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			return ImageHelper.CreateBorder(sourceBitmap, Width, Color, sourceBitmap.PixelFormat, out offsetChange);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// RotateEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class RotateEffect : IEffect {
+		public RotateEffect(int angle) {
+			Angle = angle;
+		}
+		public int Angle {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			offsetChange = Point.Empty;
+			RotateFlipType flipType;
+			if (Angle == 90) {
+				flipType = RotateFlipType.Rotate90FlipNone;
+			} else if (Angle == -90 || Angle == 270) {
+				flipType = RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipNone;
+			} else {
+				throw new NotSupportedException("Currently only an angle of 90 or -90 (270) is supported.");
+			}
+			return ImageHelper.RotateFlip(sourceBitmap, flipType);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// ResizeEffect
+	/// </summary>
+	public class ResizeEffect : IEffect {
+		public ResizeEffect(int width, int height, bool maintainAspectRatio) {
+			Width = width;
+			Height = height;
+			MaintainAspectRatio = maintainAspectRatio;
+		}
+		public int Width {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public int Height {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public bool MaintainAspectRatio {
+			get;
+			set;
+		}
+		public Bitmap Apply(Bitmap sourceBitmap, out Point offsetChange) {
+			offsetChange = Point.Empty;
+			return ImageHelper.ResizeBitmap(sourceBitmap, MaintainAspectRatio, Width, Height);
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/ImageOutput.cs b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/ImageOutput.cs
index 50b49b193..dcbd3bc5a 100644
--- a/GreenshotPlugin/Core/ImageOutput.cs
+++ b/GreenshotPlugin/Core/ImageOutput.cs
@@ -121,58 +121,61 @@ namespace GreenshotPlugin.Core {
 				imageToSave = surface.GetImageForExport();
 				disposeImage = true;
 			}
+
 			try {
-
-				// apply effects, if there are any
-				Point ignoreOffset;
-				Image tmpImage = ImageHelper.ApplyEffects((Bitmap)imageToSave, outputSettings.Effects, out ignoreOffset);
-				if (tmpImage != null) {
-					if (disposeImage) {
-						imageToSave.Dispose();
+				// The following block of modifications should be skipped when saving the greenshot format, no effects or otherwise!
+				if (outputSettings.Format != OutputFormat.greenshot) {
+					// apply effects, if there are any
+					Point ignoreOffset;
+					Image tmpImage = ImageHelper.ApplyEffects((Bitmap)imageToSave, outputSettings.Effects, out ignoreOffset);
+					if (tmpImage != null) {
+						if (disposeImage) {
+							imageToSave.Dispose();
+						}
+						imageToSave = tmpImage;
+						disposeImage = true;
 					}
-					imageToSave = tmpImage;
-					disposeImage = true;
-				}
 
-				// Removing transparency if it's not supported in the output
-				if (imageFormat != ImageFormat.Png && Image.IsAlphaPixelFormat(imageToSave.PixelFormat)) {
-					Image nonAlphaImage = ImageHelper.Clone(imageToSave, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
-					if (disposeImage) {
-						imageToSave.Dispose();
+					// Removing transparency if it's not supported in the output
+					if (imageFormat != ImageFormat.Png && Image.IsAlphaPixelFormat(imageToSave.PixelFormat)) {
+						Image nonAlphaImage = ImageHelper.Clone(imageToSave, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
+						if (disposeImage) {
+							imageToSave.Dispose();
+						}
+						// Make sure the image is disposed!
+						disposeImage = true;
+						imageToSave = nonAlphaImage;
 					}
-					// Make sure the image is disposed!
-					disposeImage = true;
-					imageToSave = nonAlphaImage;
-				}
 
-				// check for color reduction, forced or automatically
-				if (conf.OutputFileAutoReduceColors || outputSettings.ReduceColors) {
-					WuQuantizer quantizer = new WuQuantizer((Bitmap)imageToSave);
-					int colorCount = quantizer.GetColorCount();
-					LOG.InfoFormat("Image with format {0} has {1} colors", imageToSave.PixelFormat, colorCount);
-					if (outputSettings.ReduceColors || colorCount < 256) {
-						try {
-							LOG.Info("Reducing colors on bitmap to 255.");
-							tmpImage = quantizer.GetQuantizedImage(255);
-							if (disposeImage) {
-								imageToSave.Dispose();
+					// check for color reduction, forced or automatically
+					if (conf.OutputFileAutoReduceColors || outputSettings.ReduceColors) {
+						WuQuantizer quantizer = new WuQuantizer((Bitmap)imageToSave);
+						int colorCount = quantizer.GetColorCount();
+						LOG.InfoFormat("Image with format {0} has {1} colors", imageToSave.PixelFormat, colorCount);
+						if (outputSettings.ReduceColors || colorCount < 256) {
+							try {
+								LOG.Info("Reducing colors on bitmap to 255.");
+								tmpImage = quantizer.GetQuantizedImage(255);
+								if (disposeImage) {
+									imageToSave.Dispose();
+								}
+								imageToSave = tmpImage;
+								// Make sure the "new" image is disposed
+								disposeImage = true;
+							} catch (Exception e) {
+								LOG.Warn("Error occurred while Quantizing the image, ignoring and using original. Error: ", e);
 							}
-							imageToSave = tmpImage;
-							// Make sure the "new" image is disposed
-							disposeImage = true;
-						} catch (Exception e) {
-							LOG.Warn("Error occurred while Quantizing the image, ignoring and using original. Error: ", e);
 						}
 					}
-				}
 
-				// Create meta-data
-				PropertyItem softwareUsedPropertyItem = CreatePropertyItem(PROPERTY_TAG_SOFTWARE_USED, "Greenshot");
-				if (softwareUsedPropertyItem != null) {
-					try {
-						imageToSave.SetPropertyItem(softwareUsedPropertyItem);
-					} catch (ArgumentException) {
-						LOG.WarnFormat("Image of type {0} do not support property {1}", imageFormat, softwareUsedPropertyItem.Id);
+					// Create meta-data
+					PropertyItem softwareUsedPropertyItem = CreatePropertyItem(PROPERTY_TAG_SOFTWARE_USED, "Greenshot");
+					if (softwareUsedPropertyItem != null) {
+						try {
+							imageToSave.SetPropertyItem(softwareUsedPropertyItem);
+						} catch (ArgumentException) {
+							LOG.WarnFormat("Image of type {0} do not support property {1}", imageFormat, softwareUsedPropertyItem.Id);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 				LOG.DebugFormat("Saving image to stream with Format {0} and PixelFormat {1}", imageFormat, imageToSave.PixelFormat);
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ namespace GreenshotPlugin.Core {
 				if (useMemoryStream) {
 					memoryStream.WriteTo(stream);
 				}
+
 				// Output the surface elements, size and marker to the stream
 				if (outputSettings.Format == OutputFormat.greenshot) {
 					using (MemoryStream tmpStream = new MemoryStream()) {
diff --git a/GreenshotPlugin/GreenshotPlugin.csproj b/GreenshotPlugin/GreenshotPlugin.csproj
index 5b4fce064..6ddf4b4d2 100644
--- a/GreenshotPlugin/GreenshotPlugin.csproj
+++ b/GreenshotPlugin/GreenshotPlugin.csproj
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Core\ClipboardHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\CoreConfiguration.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\CredentialsHelper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Core\Effects.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\EncryptionHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\FilenameHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\ImageOutput.cs" />