Get your favorite picture in soft light, get that feathery effect...all with Photoshop's built-in features...Thanks Lisa! Open up any image. Select the Paths Palette. Select the pen tool from the tools palette Click on the outline of the picture so that you get something like this That may take some practice! From the paths palette, select MAKE SELECTION Use a feather of about 4 pixels Now from the paths palette, select TURN OFF PATH Copy the selected image by using CTRL-C You can then paste it on a new blank image using CTRL-V This will give you an effect like what you see on top. Did you get it right?