i use ImageReady (the "sister" app that comes bundled with Photoshop) to make my thumbnails. It handles "jpg" format much better. Just set your "crop" measurements to whatever size you want (within the gallery restrictions) and crop your larger image down. I choose to show only a portion of the image instead of the whole thing (but that's a personal choice...) Adjust the "quality" slider to change the compression as well to drop the file size even more... :) retrocity