Also, on the things you just want to tone down the brightness of, try dodging them instead of cloning over the top of them.
I don't think I have a tool to do that. I am using the Paint.Net program you pointed me towards whem my MSPaint program died, and the toolset is limited.
Is this something that Paint.Net will do that I just haven't figured out?
I have purchased a copy of Photoshop Elements, I should have it next week. Then figure about a year to learn how to use it. Or, is Elements just a toy, a come-on to lure people into the full multi-hundred-dollar Photoshop program? I only paid $22.95 for it, so my expectations are not overly high.
tanstaafl.