Actually, what I meant was linear pixel dimensions, not a total in area. The reason to give specific deminsions restrictions was also to give an equality to the whole of all the pictures. Meaning - Some members only upload say, a 640x480 picture, then someone else uploads a 1024x768 and gets more notice than the first, smaller one. Unfair? Perhaps. This was an issue at another site that does nothing but monthly contests, and they have had to instate dimension rules to make it more fair to everyone. `Course they give away expensive prizes...every entry there is looking for an edge. Also, the reason I did not give just a maximum level of Kb's is because of the fact that .jpg compression varies from picture to picture depending on what and how many colors used. What might look good for one picture at a certain Kb vs. another at the same Kb will look too compressed. Or, the other side of it; a 640x640 (or smaller) pic doesn't need to be saved at 100% but if I gave a Max. Kb of 300Kb, members would save that 640x640 at 98% to equal 300Kb, when it really could be saved at 90%, look no different, and be only 150Kb, thus making voting easier for everyone. Also, a small factor is that a huge majority of people have their monitor set to 800x600, so an entry uploded at that max. size would fill up their screen anyway. The only way to have entries and not have people scroll back and forth is to have a max width of only 640 pixels, and that sucks, I had to do that for a "win bryce 5" contest held here. Just not big enough to show good detail, in my opinion. (not that a bigger render would have helped me win...lol) I hope that explains why I made the rules the way they are now. Just trying to level the playing field and cut down on total Kb. Thanks AgentSmith

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