Earlier this year, one of the members commented on the complicated masks I'd used in one of my slideshows. As I had never mastered PTE's mask section I didn't realise I had been using masks, constructed by myself & Adobe Elements 10. I gave a verbal explanation of "how to" to the member, with the thought that it may be a subject for a future suitable tutorial. Then this week the subject came up again, so, as I'm about to be incapacitated for some time, I dusted off Camtasia & produced a PTE AV show entitled "Masks My Way". I've tried to simplify the topic, but I could have easily spent double the time going into masks in depth, as it is, this one runs for around 13 minutes. It has a few gloopers, but what the heck, it's for free. It's on YouTube. Yachtsman1