Dear bsteph2069: Yes, these images did not receive much digital manipulation, just a few adjustment for color, tone, contrast and cropping. When it's producing scanographies, even a simple scan seems to me to be exciting for making up a "portraiture" of the object(s) scanned. If I ever manage to use PS or PSP in producing composite digital images, then it is surely going to be more exciting... Dear Alpha: Just turning off the lights in the room -and staying with the dim light of the monitor- works fine for me to achieve a black background while scanning. Infact, I only use a table-top lamp, so turning the lights on and off doesn't bother me much. I'm not sure about your working conditions, but if it is an office-like place, then a black box would be necessary... So, scanographies are liked by many probably, and it sure is a fun to work as such... Remembered Marshmallowpie's "protector dragon"... :)