I tried to get them from the cd, but the only files I could find were .hpi I have never heard of that kind of file format, and it will not open in Illustrator or Photoshop. I am running OS X, not sure if that is my problem or not. I'm not sure what director is, but when i launch the application (hemara I believe) it shows me a thumbnail of all the images. To open the image, I must insert the cd containing the image then go thru the ridiculous process of taking a perfectly good image with its clipping path and placing it on some background. I know that the files have the transparency locked in them, but I can not figure out how in the world to get to it. I appreciate any help with this that I can get. Susie