>random crops seem more than a little messy And so unnecessary. Open the image in whatever Do the resize Save as lossless format (?TIFF?) open in PS (not totally lossless for 16-bit images!!!! :) Crop using an action and automatically write the crops as jpegs to separate folders In fact, you could automate the cropping action on a folder full of images really saving some time Bob ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/