rekrab

Many years ago on Claris Works - 'Paint' there was a 'pick-up' tool where you could use outline text or shapes e.g. star or banner, to pick up parts of a picture or texture. I have been looking for a similar function ever since Claris Works died. The attached is the best I can do, using a background picture with a transparent star '.gif' overlaid in a web page, and then screen capture of the resulting image. Can I do this (or better) in paint.NET? Thanks