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Wow! That did it BoltBait. Not a problem once you know how huh? Thanks

Hello again BoltBait. As you know, you sent me information on a couple ways to feather rough edges. I have followed your instructions as closely as possible and get no good results. In your first method you suggest: 1. Open the picture you wish to cut FROM. (Bear in mind that I have a photo of a face only, with rough edges to be feathered). 2. Use your selection tool to select the "good stuff" ( I assume you mean to click directly on the face) and press Ctrl -C to copy it to the clipboard.) 3. Open the picture you wish to put the stuff TO. (Herein lies a problem. The photo I am trying to feather is already opened and showing on the screen as shown in Step 1 above.) 4. Press Ctrl-Shift-V to paste your cutout to a new layer. 5. Press Esc key to deselect the new object. 6. Run the Effects > Object>Feather effect. Adjust the radius as necessary--usually 2. (I haven't really gotten to steps 4 thru 6 yet) As you can see, I need a little more help if you will be kind enough. Thanks Again BoltBait.

Thank you so much BoltBait for your fast reply. I followed your detailed instructions and downloaded and installed the new tools. They are shown in "Effects". However, I am having a little problem getting them (feathering) to work for me. I opened a photo that I had recently cut out, which I saved as a JPEG. The photo has a white background. I then used the selection tool and selected the photo itself, then control I to invert the selection. At this point, I opened your feathering tool and tried numerous ways to make it work for me with no result. Am I doing something wrong here? If you will be kind enough to help me figure all this out, I will be pleased to ante up a small token of my appreciation for your efforts. Many thanks.

I'm certain there is a way to accomplish a "feathering" operation in Paint.Net, I just cannot find it. I am looking for details on exactly how to remove rough edges from some photos that I have cut out. It may be called softening instead of feathering, I'm not sure. If someone can please provide detailed instructions (in layman's terms) I sure would appreciate it.