If your pics have black rectangles,a.k.a. borders, it could be that there is a "borders" setting that you haven't found that is adding that to the pics as you scan them. I have a flatbed scanner that has that, among other things, as options when scanning...Doug --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>