What I do is take the original dds file, and draw what I want on to another, second, temporary dds file (remember to back up), then make the background on the second bright green, and erase everything else. Then cut out a layer round your shield, drag it on to the first, where it will be a new layer; position it over the shield, and erase all the green. If you save it properly, you should have changed just the painted part of the shield over the original and not tampered with the surroundings, which seems to be the trouble. This is a bit of a slapdash method, so feel free to laugh, but it has worked for me on occasion. Just thought I would mention it.
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