Hi Newpy,

I don't recognize the problems you mentioned.  Are they restricted to FE or do you have the same experiences with other fractal software, UF or others? You can save FE images in gif, jpg, and even in bmp. In that latter case you don't heave loss of ony color information.
I mostly save in jpg format and then I don't have problems when postprocessing using Paint Shop Pro 9.  Maybe the cause of blurring will be in Photoshop Elements?  But in that case you also the same problems with UF and other fractal software.

Ed Algra