Thanks for all your help. For some odd reason the pics are turning out as they have been before the black areas showed up. On Dec 5, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Wayne Dobson wrote: Does your software have auto document recognition? Try selecting manually. The exposure seems to be wrong somehow. --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>