bwtr: The Curve Filter in your file looks good. But under the filter is just a solid color rather than a radial gradient; did you use a plugin for the gradient? I used C5's radial gradient in mine. You may want to use the alpha channel rather than transparency when using this technique. Using the alpha channel you can just put a solid color in the color channel - you don't have to do the "brightness" balancing act that the transparency channel requires. This technique is very useful for particle emitter objects. Attached is a file where I get a little silly with the Curve Filter. - Jasen.