> -----Original Message----- > From: Emily L. Ferguson [mailto:elf@cape.com] > JPEG is a lossy compression > and every time you open and reclose an image in JPEG compression you > lose data. Did you mean to say 'open and reclose' or did you mean to say 'open and re-save'? I have JPEGs that have been opened and closed several times with no apparent loss of quality. Greg