Kathy

How do you reduce noise in a photo. I can easily add noise but can't see how to get rid of it? Anyone got any ideas?

Does anyone have any step by step tutorials on using levels. I just can't understand the help file in Paint.net and how I should use the levels dialogue box to improve my photos. I have read some guidelines for photoshop, but the paint levels box looks totally different and I can't work out what I am supposed to be doing.

When you start typing, the words will centre align, left align or right align from the original position of the flashing cursor depending on your choice of alignment from the tool bar. To have the text go onto a new line hit the enter key. After having the text look the way you would like you can move it by placing the mouse over the little arrows flashing at the bottom right of your text. There are no text boxes as far as I can see in this program, so after you have put the text where you want it you can drag a rectangle shape around it by clicking on the shape under the paint bucket and dragging a rectangle around your text. Unfortunately, you cannot change the position of this box nor any longer fine tune the position of your text. So, Brando, I have one word for you "Layers, layers and Layers!" I tend to put just about anything I do on layers. Add a new layer for each element you want to add and you can then fine tune each elements position by dragging the layers around. To move a layer, make sure it is selected in the layers box, Select all (Ctrl + A) to select the whole layer and using the Move selected Pixels(M) you can drag the layer around by placing the cursor over the handles or nubs around the selection and dragging. Another great thing about layers is that you can so easily add an effect to just one layer or get rid of it altogether and make a new one without having to change everything. I hope that this has helped. I have much to learn yet in this program and cannot wait for someone to start a beginners tutorial.