English Bob - Yes there is a button in the amination menu that does this BUT when I use that method the finished string of .JPGs seam to have tiny movement of lights whick make the finished animation appear to flicker. When I use the render menu to produce the .JPG's the resulting string doesnot display the flicker.

Philc - ADP001 sent a script that might work. Whether it works or needs some tweeking a can follow it enough to figure out where the next stumbling block is.

ADP001 - thanks for taking the time to create this script and adding the text notation.

The first thng i'll be doing is comparing the function calls to what is in the python manual to determine why I couldn't  find them to begin with.