[Rob Barron]

Pentax, as has been mentioned, the chequered board is just the empy space left because you cut a piece out of the picture. If you have something in the middle of a shot you want to remove, you need to clone it out, not cut it out. There is a simple tutorial on Pixalo that might help you with cloning. I can't find the link but maybe one of the Crew can help with that.

Feel free to ask if you have other things you would like a tutorial on.

Cheers,
Rob