hi Shari... & welcome to the photo forum!! :] found some good links to some previous discussions we had here recently: Noise http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2316929 Help please ..jpeg artifacts problems ;-( http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2264121 Noise Reduction Software http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=2225137