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Thanks very much. I will try that. If anybody else has any tips, please post them. Thanks again.

I'm really into making icons and so far I'm happy with the results. However, compared to people who use PSP ect my icons don't come out as sharp or clear. I was wondering if there is a way to achieve the same effect as PSP using paint.net. Here are a few examples. 1. Original picture: http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb86 ... lbn058.jpg 2. My version. I cropped it to 528x528. Duplicated the picture. Increased a bit of the hue/saturation to 123 and changed the layer mode to screen. Duplicated the screen pic 2 times so it was clearer and lighter. 3. This is the crispness, clearness I would like. Also the colouring is really bright. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks very much.

I've been fiddling with the curve settings, trying to reproduce the original and it's been successful so once again thanks very much.

Wow!!! Crazy Man Dan, you are a life saver!!!!!!!! Thanks so much.

Just RGB

Hey all, I was playing around with curves one day and managed to get the right combo of r.g.b lines for a certain picture appearance. Saved it as paintnet file and would use it everytime I made an icon. One day I accidently pressed reset on the curves box and lost the combination. Here's the original picture I was working with: And this is the same picture but with the curves I stumbled upon: If anyone could be able to figure out the curves, I would be very grateful and happy. I know it's a long shot but it's worth a try. Thanks very much. All help is appreciated. ETA: Paintnet is a great program.