these are all great ideas, and one's I hadn't thought of. I did discover that if I created a solid/black fractal (a non-fractal) in FE, then used the JEPG image as texture at 100%, then saved the image and check thumbnail in FE, it comes out great. It's also a lot of extra steps, especially when the image I want on the background decideds to tile. LOL I'll try these other ideas instead. Thank you! Miriah