Thanks for the quick reply! I enabled native gdiplus and the error was different this time but still crashed: Code: avant data_offset=972470 fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipImageForceValidation 0x4d697d0 fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette scale_colors pre_mul 2.038724 1.000000 1.649044 cam_mul 2.111328 1.000000 1.427734 pre_mul 2.038724 1.000176 1.649044 user_temp=0 pre_mul 2.038365 1.000000 1.648754 Scaling with black=128, pre_mul[] = 2.111328 1.000000 1.427734 1.000000 width=3522 height=2348 - iwidth=3522 iheight=2348 PPG interpolation... Converting to sRGB colorspace... raw_convert width=2348 height=3522 rawInfo w=2348 h3522 flip=6 - soff=8266134 cstep=-3522 rstep=8269657 fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHatchBrush Unimplemented hatch style 23 fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Photomatix.resources" fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Photomatix.resources" fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Photomatix.resources" fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Photomatix.resources" fixme:gdiplus:GdipCreateHalftonePalette fixme:gdiplus:GdipImageGetFrameDimensionsCount stub fixme:gdiplus:GdipImageGetFrameDimensionsList not implemented fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Photomatix.resources" fixme:shell:URL_ParseUrl failed to parse L"Photomatix.resources" err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x13e9ac "?" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 002a, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) wine: Critical section 00110054 wait failed at address 0x7bc34b39 (thread 002b), starting debugger... err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002a, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x110054 "heap.c: main process heap section" wait timed out in thread 002b, blocked by 0027, retrying (60 sec) err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000194 flags 0 addr 0x7bc34b39 Moreover the window dressings are still looking strange. Thanks.