yes they line up, as i said... i used fireworks... which has layersiCraig said:I don't understand the point in lying, you used a filter.. big deal.
Before you argue that you've haven't and you've just used colour sampling etc etc etc, line up your original and "paint" version together. They allign perfectly.![]()
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Top layer is the painted version at 50% opacity. No blurring, just lines up perfectly.![]()

wtf is the deal with all the skepticsim on here...
do you want the PNG file hosted so you can check it yourself?