Yes, Notefinger, that should work. I did the analogous operation using Photoshop's Path/edit functions (see above image), but Illustrator is better. Tempest, I increased spline geometry/resolution to 1000% or 400%, but it didn't make any difference. Neil, I'll check for gearmaker - hey, it's by one of my old pals, kawecki, but PC-only 8-(