Try opening the JPEG in an image viewer, I bet your background color got mangled during the compression of the file resulting in a slightly different color in spots (but nothing the human eye would notice). If possible you should stick to lossless image formats such as: BMP, GIF, PNG HTH, James Sonork: Hasaki "I left there in the morning with their God tucked underneath my arm their half-assed smiles and the book of rules. So I asked this God a question and by way of firm reply, He said - I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays." "Wind Up" from Aqualung, Jethro Tull 1971