Teenage Dirtbag

That does, heaps. Thankyou. I've attempted making certain parts of a picture coloured, with the background being black and white. 9in this instance, my eyes coloured, and the rest b&w). I did it fine (flollowing a tutorial in the tutorial forum), but I could only make one eye coloured. The Magic Wand tool would only select one eye, and when I clicked on the other eye, instead of selcting that one as well, it selected that and left the first one unselected. So I guess I'm asking if A) this is normal if I can fix it or C) is there any other way i can go around it?

I was also wondering what the Magic Wand tool does, and how to use it correctly, because I have a feeling I'm not using it properly. Edit: So, I've figured it out a little (and I mean a little). So I know the basics. But now, when I try to use it, it adds a purple tinge to the whole picture, and wont select one part. Help?

I'm extremely new to Paint.NET. I've had a little fiddle around, but am struggling to do some of the basic things I know how to do on other programs (things I need to do to do the harder tings I downloaded this program for). For instance, I'd like to be able to make a basic border for photos. I also like to be able to change to black and white and add text. I'd also like to be able to sharpen and blur photos or parts of them. (Yes, the real basics). Also, I was wondering if it's possible to combine photos, using either a collage or overlaying technique? I'm not fantastic at computers, but once I get the basics down I should be right. If anyone could lend me a hand that would be great. Dirtbag x