Thanks for the comment Margana. Now I don't feel as confused. :-) I also crop nearly all my images, but usually don't zoom the full size image to 100% in order to crop. Typically I will either reduce the image size till it fits the screen, then crop, or zoom out until I see the entire picture on my screen before cropping. Usually the latter because then it's easier for me to further reduce the image size for display on the monitor. To the best of my knowledge it is a good idea not to reduce the image size for printing. -Jeff :-)