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Hi guys, Here is my first attempt -- it is pretty crappy because I can't get the circle to cut out cleanly, even using AA Assistant (default values), and the keyboard arrow tip mentioned above. Scott, the book says to "set the primary colour opacity to 2", is that the same as "Transparency - Alpha"? That will be the next on the list to try. Any constructive criticism, as well as help, would be appreciated, as I mentioned, I am definitely NOT a graphics designer, my talents are more on the technical side of the net. I am trying to duplicate a business card for the website header, when I saw the business card I thought "How hard can it be?" (shades of Jeremy Clarkson!). Terry

Thanks, both of you, I will give both methods a try today.It is a bit humbling for a proud Aussie to have to take advice from a Kiwi, but I guess I will live it down eventually! :-( EER, I will try to send you a private message regarding your book today. Terry

Hi guys, I am new to PaintDotNet, and NOT a graphics designer, so I am struggling through the "12 Tutorials in a PDF" as well as the Kindle book "Mastering PaintDotNet", but I have a problem at the moment which I need an answer to as soon as possible, if anyone can steer me in the right direction. What I need to do is to create a template, a Wordpress Header, which has a circular cutout through which the client's logo can be seen. Attached is a sample of the type of thing I mean, this one has square cutouts, but I need to create a circular cutout. I am aware that I can do it by creating a transparent layer, then drawing a circle and manually erasing the contents of the circle, but that is time-consuming and not very professional looking unless I zoom in to 1000% and use a small width eraser, which would take forever. My guess is that there would have to be a better and more professional way to do it, but I am stuck! Any suggestions would be very welcome! Terry