willgolden

Actually, Noob, that was only a partial crop from the original. (There was a 'naturist' element I wasn't going to publicise here lol) I had been trying to reduce the contrast, believing it would restrain the brightness. It never struck me that increasing the contrast would restrain the dazzle to within a short radius and deminimise the spread. Then, when I applied your noise attributes it helped enormously. I knew it couldn't be "removed", but that has helped clarify the rest of the picture. Thanxalot Will

well I tought I attached a jpg!!!!!

I have an awesome photo .......except that there was a spotlight pointing in my direction as I took it. The result is a glare. Otherwise the pic is a classic chiaroscuro cityscape. I know it cannot be totally removed, but is there a way its effect can be reduced almost unnoticeably. I tried -Adjustments: brightness/contrast- but reducing either just created a grey blot with a distinct "border". Is there another PAINT.NET trick of the trade similar to "redeye removal" that can disguise these glares please, because I am sure this comes up quite often? I attach a jpg file of a crop of the problem. Thanx & regards Will

Thanx Noob! I have been using Paint.Net for years and couldn't even remember the name lol! But I had never explored the "canvas" options. I'll bet I am making the same omission in PhotoPlus. Yes indeed it works and I am back on schedule, thanx2 U! ......out of 10? ....11! I shall have some time tonight and I shall spend it on a sample photo, trying everything I have not thought to use up until now. Thanx n hugs Will Golden

Sorry... I meant PAINT.net throughout. I am so flustered!

I paid for Serif PhotoPlus for precisely this kind of problem and it does not seem to offer the function. And I need this today!!! So I am turning, as ever, to Photo Net to resolve what should have been a simple problem.. But I only have (can only afford) the Photo Net free Version 3.3x, 3.5. I have a photo, say 2000 x 1500 px. But it is distorted. It looks like the two people in it have 25-inch legs. So I need to select the bottom half (rectangle select) - and "stretch" that selection (not the whole image) from 1000 x 1500 px to 1250 x 1500 px! The revised image with therefore be 2250 x 1500 px. - but it will no longer be distorted - and will include all the data in the opriginal photo. All Serif PhotoPlus does is:- - stretches the selected rectangle - but keeps the same 2000 x 1500 dimensions - simply by cropping off the bottom 200 or so pixels. This is not what I want. Can someone please advise me, instead, whether or not Photo Net Version 3.3x, 3.5 is capable of resizing / changing the dimensions of a selected part of an image, i.e. stretching it along one axis? If so, how, please? It will really get me out of a hole that could never have been envisaged for such a simple, routine photographic requirement. I would address Support, but I desperately need an answer, either way, today, Monday. Thanks Will Golden