Anthony, choose the 'simple white background' in the sky palette, select the plane and go to 'simple and easy' presets and choose white. Then make the sun be slightly above 'noon' (a bit above the middle of the ball). If it still looks slightly banded to you then choose the cloud cover and cloud height (the 2 thumbnails on the right in the 'simple white background' sky preset), make them both white and 100%. I can take this into Paintshop Pro and select all the white background with the magic wand. I think this is what you want. Diane B