Thank you verily!  And I shouldn't post until I've done my p's and q's.  It turned out simpler than expected - once you see the forest from the trees. :)
Dizzi, is the RSR that I created 16-bit?  I do know that there is no Alpha stored in the saved PICT.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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