I started with a cropped scan of my wedding photo. First task was to remove all the parts of the image I didn't want. That beautiful park setting had to go to make way for the decay! That removal is really the subject of this guest tutorial.

As is typical of Xara's flexibility, there are different ways to edit out parts of the photo. Which you use can depend as much on your mood as anything! In other words there is no 'right' way. On the next few pages I'll go over a few of the ways I've approached the task ...