another idea brush-plugins - the brush stroke is continuously poured into the plugin as input, and it modifies the layer/drawable continuously. Calligraphic brushes, d ifferent styles of gradient brushes, color replacement brushes, alpha brushes, e rasers, etc. can be implemented via this technique. Signature: Laxminarayan Kamath Ammembal, Mithrakoota, Bhoj Rao's Lane Dongerkery, Mangalore- 575003 MOBILE : 9845061385 IMMOBILE 0824-2491499 http://www.geocities.com/kamathln