[New here from Corel Photo House 3]

Thanks everyone.

I guess the edit to Sozo's post means that it is possible to clone from one layer to another?

I've downloaded GIMP, which seems like an excellent program. It'll take some getting used to after Photo House, but it seems to have more to offer.

Thanks again.

[New here from Corel Photo House 3]

Hi folks,

I've just been recommended to Paint.NET after years of using Corel Photo House Version 3 - a free program I got with a printer and which had become a vital tool for me in image editing and freeform painting work. It was basic, and didn't have features like Layers - but it did all I wanted it to, was user-friendly... and, well... I was just used to it!

Trouble is... it's too old now, and won't work on my new Windows 7 system.

So far, Paint.NET seems to offer most of what I need - but there are a few features that I can't seem to figure out. I've checked on tutorials and Help, but can't get an answer. Can anyone help, please?

1) I can't seem to find a way of getting edge fading on the paint brush and cloning tools - both of which I use a lot. Whatever I try, I just get hard-edge.

2) On the old program, I could open 2 images side-by-side and clone details from one onto the other (i.e. cloning one person's face onto someone else's head, or inserting a person or feature from one photo to another). I've tried this, but can't get side-by-side images. Can I only do this kind of thing through using Layers?

Sorry for being a dumbkopf if the answers are all there in the tutorials. I found my own way around Photo House 3, and it seemed quite an intuitive program... if that makes sense! I've done the same with most of the other programs I use. I've always struggled with tutorials - even the Dummies guides.

Cheers.

Stan