Here is the same image with a more normal compression. The idea is to compress as much as possible without artifacts. Most paint programs with an option for saving in the .jpg format allow you to adjust the amount of compression before saving. As to getting rid of them, once you save the image with overcompression, you are stuck with them in that version. But you still have the original to try again. :^) Hope this helps. John

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