Dave, You refered to the Gimp earlier. Thought you might be interested in the comment below, taken from the SuSE list. Ken >>>> The Gimp is a more than adequate replacement for Photoshop or any other image manipulation tool - and it can do GIF animation. Grokking the Gimp is a fantastic resource for learning more about image editing in general, as well as the Gimp: http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ <<<<<<<