<<you might make a new layer and apply the gauzian blur >> Is that the new filter that makes it look like you are peering through a net curtain? ;o) <<< appropriately feathered erase tool, reveal the underlying sharp bits where you want them. this is a damnd site easier than selecting areas to blur..>>> Karl <STRINE> That's exactly how I play it - almost. Well - mostly when I can't be fked to use an alpha channel ;o) Always leave the effin "background" layer untoutched, apply buggering-about to the copy layer then selectively erase the bits you don't want. Alpha channels work but I find them shitty to work with. </STRINE> <<< I love the Australian language :-) >>> Hahahah Bob
