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Originally Posted by DundeeDancer This is a real beginners question which I'm a little embarrassed  to ask but better to be a little embarrassed once and learn what to do right rather than going wrong for longer than necessary. Well that me excuse and I'm sticking to it. |
Lots of good suggestions from others on the actual techniques, I just wanted to add - don't be embarrassed asking questions like this. This is the perfect place to ask those questions, everyone on here has had to work through these things, we've all been beginners.

And there may be other beginners reading this thread, having the same problems, being too shy to ask anyone and thinking 'I'm so glad they asked that'.