>picture previews?? really?? do programs actually write images within >images? Man, THAT would explain some of the massive bloat I've removed >from images in the past! Karl Yes, they do. PS for instance likes to embed thumbnails to make it's browsing/preview ability look better. Trouble is, if you create-your own really small thumbs it might embed it's own thumb which is bigger than ... Actually, for full-scale scans held locally an embedded thumbnail is a pretty good idea ... if only all imaging programs followe the same standard .. ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/