"Wendy7" wrote in message
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I need to know how you do this, lighten the subject & darken the
background.

I don't use Irfan View so I don't know how to do it with that software but I
assume it can be done, but I don't know.

My recollections of a couple of earlier versions of Irfan View that I tried
were that they allowed me to lighten the whole picture or darken the whole
picture but I don't recall seeing a way to lighten or darken specific areas
only.

Ah but what do I know? Maybe it was there and I just didn't see it.
--
Pat Durkin