Just a tidbit, JPEG 2000 will be a very versatile graphics format that _may_ go a long way toward replacing JPEG, GIF, and other raster formats: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2245956,00.html Perhaps an optional format for image export in Loci? Ciao, Jeff -- J.W. Bizzaro mailto:bizzaro at bc.edu Boston College Chemistry http://www.uml.edu/Dept/Chem/Bizzaro/ --