as do I...is there a plug-in higlight tool, or setting to the lasso, that really gets into the edges of the image and seperates things (i'm handicapped with a touch pad mouse on my laptop)? i'm not so hot with PS either and would like this ability...i'm currently working with PS7...my source for the more recent package has mysteriously vanished --- DSmall9917@xxxxxxx wrote: but I still have to hone my PS skills "The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it's true" - J Robert Oppenheimer http://www.geocities.com/tr_cunningham __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com