On 24/8/00 at 3:25 pm, elisabeth at xuxygrafix.com (Elisabeth Heinicke) wrote: > hmmm ... that gives me, what?, another 8-10 years to be truly > decrepit? And I thought I was just starting out on a great new portion > of my life! Damn. Aah well, I'm only two years behind you, Elisabeth... <Photoshop tip> Option-click on the dividing line between two layers in the layers pallette, and the lower layer becomes a mask for the upper layer. Try it, to see what it can do. </Photoshop tip> best wishes, Paul http://www.paulbradforth.com http://pbi.freelancers.net XXII Group http://www.xxii.com