paint shop pro X2

Hi Kareebear,

I am a Photo-Paint user rather than a PSP user, but I did download the trial to see what it was like and I can help you to some extent with your dilema. There are many ways to achieve what you want to do, here is just one of them:

• open the image with the limousine and copy it to the clipboard
• open the new background image and paste the limousine image onto it
• open the layers palette and you will see 3 buttons right at the top of the palette; click on the drop-down arrow of the New Raster Layer button
• choose New Mask Layer>Show All

You have now created a mask layer which attaches to the limo layer and basically works as follows:

• painting black onto the mask "hides" whatever you paint over on the Limousine Layer (e.g. paint over a wheel of the limo with black and it will vanish)
• painting white onto the mask "shows" whatever you paint over on the Limousine Layer
• painting with any shade of grey "partly" shows/hides whatever you paint over on the Limousine Layer (makes is semi-transparent)

So all you need to do is paint out the original background of the Limousine image (layer) by painting onto the mask layer with black. When you have totally removed the unwanted original background of the limo and revealed the new background below it, you can bring back any parts of the limo you accidentally ersaed (hid) by painting with white.

If you need any further clarification, please feel free to ask.

HTH