Ah, back to the basics. I imagine this could also be done on my original version of just old plain xara.

I do hope Javier will see your reply and that it is what he is looking for, but right at the beginning he did mention that he does feather, but using the transparancie tool at the same time may be exactly what the doctor ordered. I'll be interested in his reply to see if this is the effect he is looking for...........frank