thanks everyone for your help!! so many helpful things here i WILL try...grins one more question...lol something i been trying to do today, but haven't read anything onit yet, so just playing around with it....i have a picture and was trying to make it a background pic, then add something across the middle of it to make a new pic....lol does it work as a background pic, or do i need to make a wall type thing and use the pic as the material? or is there a sure fire simple way i haven't been able to figure out on my own? lol