Oooo...I'm a Techno-Babe now. Sweet ... does a membership card come with this? Do we have a secret headquarters? Do I get to wear a cool uniform? Hmmm ... I agree with Misha on the editing. Do all the cropping, levels, curves and color correction in 16bit per channel mode for minimum data loss. Then convert to 8bit for the rest. I usually save a 16bit/channel version as archive before doing the conversion to 8bit. Once you are in 8bit, I can't see going back to 16bit as doing any good. The data that was there in 16bit mode is gone, can't put it back. -=>Donald