Hehe.. now, that would just be silly. Actually, when you enter the contest, you download the free thirty-day trial version of the plugin to make images with. If you win, then you get the full, unlimited registered version as a prize. If not, the trial times out after the thirty days, and no more Illustrate. If anyone else wants to give it a shot, you can download the trial version of Illustrate! for Max at http://www.davidgould.com -Nemo