yeah, it was knockout that I had.  it was o.k., but
I hadda uninstall it for some reason.  maybe the selection process was brain-dead
or something.  like having to do two lasso selections; one inside the feather edge and
one outside the feather edge. it'd be worth buying maskpro just to avoid that IMVHO.

the persimmon guy is referring to some novice 3d users' problems with poser and other
apps that produce a 3d render with a z-buffer (mask, alpha channel).  if they do it right
there's no problem, but if they use the wrong render settings, they'll get an halo of
the same colour as the render background/backdrop.