http://www.americaswonderlands.com/digital_photo_interpolation.htm karl Thanks for that. On "real" photographic images they all look to mee much of a muchness. The most obvious winner - for the image with the "21" in it is S-Spline which has given the best rendering of the numbers without the overt halo effect of others. Perhaps that is just taste though. For all the hype about genuine fractals ... I honestly cannot tell it apart from Irfanview's lanczos on a blind trial. Bob -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm