Once again, Renderosity eats a long post... :( I must remember to select all and copy before I Post Reply. Here's the synopsis: The thing about JPGs is balance, balance between filesize and quality. Personally, high quality JPGs retain good information while still being smaller in size than BMPs and TIFs. It'd be great if templates could be saved in vector format instead of bitmapped image. The only real solution is to use gray-scale (as B&W doesn't show up very well when zoomed out) and JPG high-quality. That should keep the filesizes somewhat restrained. BYS