Ahh thanks brynn, the tab key I did not know about so i'll surely be trying that, and i'm finding changing the view to 'outline' for a moment is really helpful in finding an object.

I'm picking up lots of tips from browsing the forum

Thanks for the comment flamingolady :) I'm not quite down with the terminology yet but I think stock and microstock are the same thing. Its great to hear positive comments about my image so thanks...i'm still learning so it takes me a long time to do the simplest task at the moment and after a week ...

Thanks for the welcome brynn. I'm managing to fumble my way to selecting the correct object but i'm sure there are easier ways lol. The situation which springs to mind is making a shadow of an object...my routine is to duplicate>fill black>blur>lower object>then try to reposition it. This is the poi...

Hi brynn thanks for the comment :) yes it was supposed to be a real boat...well a silouette of a boat, i'll make it smaller and see if I get away with it! Ideally I wanted the boat to be travelling toward the sun/away from us but I couldn't make it look right so I opted for a simpler approach......I...

Hello, here is my incomplete image...i've yet to add a silouette of mummy to depict a family walking along the beach. I'm hoping to create images for microstock agencies and i'm wondering if i'm anywhere near creating anything good enough for initial application. I'd be grateful for opinions, especi...

Hiya, I've been reading for a couple of months trying to get to grips with inkscape. I'm hoping to start creating images for the online microstock companies, currently trying to get some application images together...as yet my work isn't that great but I'm trying! Anyway thanks to the people who tak...