Acumen, %100 Green is the recommended color as it is seldom used. As for the shrinkage problem. As I said TURN ANTIALIASING OFF. Also - try a smaller image - it's a freebe at PC Plus. I think you're trying to make something simple into something hard. Why do we all do this? The answers are out there and most of them are simple. You should do a google on OpenGL and find the OpenGL Homepage. Many of your answers are there. You should also read the works of Dave Roberts and Andre Le Mothe regarding game programming before you proceed too much further. good luck with your project, - TJ