Ash - I apologize for posting this topic in the wrong forum. And thank you for moving it in this forum.
For those who did reply, I appreciate your responses although they didn't really answer my questions.
Is there someone or anyone out there who can help? I'm just eager to learn this paint.net thinggy. I was checking it out last night and trying to see what it can do after downloading it, but would really much like to learn the questions I asked. Like my postscript says, I'm a novice so any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!