Hi Rita, since I have the German Version of Bryce there are some Translaton-Mistakes happening.It's not cutout, it's blend transparency (I checked my english Bryce Book).Don't do anything with the transparency-Slider, leave it on 0. Like hawkfyr said, it is important to load your Image in the second Window of the "Picture-Editor", too.It must work now.I don't think that is has something to do with a Patch, but you can get it on the Metacreatoins Website. You'll make it.