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Thanks Pixey, I'll certainly do that. That's very nice work you're doing by the way.

Thanks Manx Pixey, what a pretty place that is to live, if a bit wet and cold at times. I'm slowly getting to grips with the selection business and I can see what you mean. I'm finding that for what I'm doing it's easiest to create a new layer for every new panel on the layout and to turn off all the other layers then use the magic wand to select. That's not very subtle but it works. I just need a bullet proof method that I'm documenting as I go along because I'm unlikely to use the program again for months if not years and I'll never remember what I've done and how to do anything by the time I return to it. Is it just my ignorance, or is it impossible to come back at a later time and just resize these panels? It seems that you get one go to create something and then it's just pixels. There doesn't appear to be any intelligence embedded in the layers just dumb pixels. That's a pity if I'm right because it makes life unnecessarily hard. Another question for you, is there a way to just type the cursor positions when you're trying to set something to an exact size? At the moment I'm having to use a steady hand and watch the coordinates on the bottom of the screen like a hawk. I'm making a document that contains the corner coordinates of the panels in case I need to create them again or relative to their current positions. Cheers, Roger

Ok, I'm trying to replicate what you're doing, but I'm stuck at the bit where you manage to select just the black area inside the while rounded box. I cant see how to only select a rounded area when all I have is a rectangle select tool? I'm sure this is really obvious to a regular user but I can't see how that selection process works. Doh, I've figured out that the Magic Wand tool is the think I need.

Thanks for that, it looks pretty good. That would certainly be an acceptable solution. I really appreciate you taking the time to do that.

I'm trying to create a variation on the attached screen and I can see how to create layers, round cornered boxes and even fill them with a gradient. I can't seem to find a way of creating that raised centre panel effect that also appears to have an engraved border. It's easier to look at the attached image than to explain in words. Can someone tell me the sequence I'd need to use to create that effect? I'm a new user just finding my feet so please assume that I know virtually nothing! Thanks.