If anyone can point me in the right direction for reading up on this topic I would truly appreciate it. I never realised there was a difference of quality by shooting in one version or the other. I just shoot in b/w when I want that effect. I am going to have to do some experimenting now. @zhounder, thanx for the technique. I use Photoimpact 8 and have tried something similar. I also have Photoshop 7; now I will try your technique and see if I can notice a difference between the two techniques :)