Gromit, Rita is using PSP. See lower post--I showed her about contracting selection 1 pixel (I did it against black background so you can see the difference that 1 pixel made). However, this will probably help some PS folks S. We've discovered her problem is from her not using the .tiff selection in Poser and selecting from alpha channel, so I think she understands now. Selecting from alpha channel saves a lot of 'futzing' around G. Diane B