heya; i usually save as a tiff, but saving direct to psd is good. you can get a utility at... zdnet under jpeg optimizer, in which you can interactively set the compression ratio, and divide the picture into areas that are more compressed than others, etc. this will help you get the best looking picture for the lowest file size. another weird thing i noticed; when i save a file from photoshop and open it in psp or in jpg optimizer, the jpg version comes out darker and duller. you might want to do some experiments with the brightness/contrast or hue/saturation/lightness in 'shop. (on the menu, not the tools.) otherwise, the jpg should look exactly the same on the gallery as it does on your screen. (oh, and after you save as jpg from 'shop, reopen the jpg to see what changes it has wrought! cause the jpg does NOT look like the psd!)