I'm overwhelmed by the tutorials and still can't answer my questions. This is what I am trying to do with Paint.net:
I have to make a banner 550x75. I have a png background image with colors I want to use.
I have no problem inserting this into paint.net and resizing it. I got that much.
I have another image of a hat and magic wand that is large and is a jpg. I want to insert this image onto the background.
I need to crop out the hat and wand and make the background disappear.
Then I need t