On my PHP installation (4.3.10), imagecolorallocatealpha() does not work at all. I have tried all of the examples in the function notes and quite a few more. The GD version is that which was packaged with PHP, which the documentation says should be able to use image blending functions. Does anyone have a moderately quick solution? No real hurry. /nightcrawler "May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live." -- Minerva, Time Enough for Love -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php