I AM going to cross post this with Paintshop Pro forum. There is some discussion on the Bryce ng about the depth of field discussed in the manual on 437. Calyxa has given a way to do it in PS, but there are several trying to do it in PSP. Is it possible? I've tried--can get the mask loaded and a selection and when I apply gaussian blur it gives the whole selection the blur. Either I'm not doing it correctly or it isn't possible in PSP. If you have tried it and know a solution, we'd sure love to know. Diane B