Hi, I've installed gimp and the html/pdf versions of GUM (by Karin Kylander and Olof S. Kylander). After that I tried to create some picture with some techniques that are described in the GUM. Without success. As in the manual I want to make a bezier selection of a horse rider. Then I wanted to create this glow. In GUM they say: "The glow layer was made by filling a feathered horse and rider selection with red, yellow and white, each time with lower feather values, and setting the layer to Screen Mode." That's what I tried to do. First I selectet the bezier tool. I created the bezier curve. Then clicked inside the curve. The selection was saved to an alpha channel. So far everything went fine. But after that I tried everything to get this glow: - I did alpha to selection. I chose a feather value and filled the selection: I had a sharp border and no feather. - I did alpha to selection, filled the selection and did a copy named. Then I did another alpha to selection, chose a feather value and pasted the filled selection into the feathered selection. Again I had a sharp border and no feather. .... I don't know what else I tried but I tried a lot.... It's driving me crazy.... I like GUM and I appreciate the effort that the authors took in writing that book but I simply cannot understand how to reproduce the effects that are described. Can anybody help me with the problem described above? What have I done wrong? Is there a more detailed tutorial out there that explains every single step that has to be performed (something like: "You want a glow? Then do the following: 0. load picture 1. <menu>-><popup>-><popup2>-><selection> 2. <menu>->.... 3. ... ... ) Thanks. Every help is much appreciated!! Jan