NOTE to lurkers & snaggers - You are welcome to make the tag, but DO NOT snag the images from this tute and post them in any other group. Image Magic You will need a gif with a transparent bg. Some floral images to use, if you need them. Choose your image, head to IM. NOTE - these instructions are for the floral basket at the top of the page. If you choose another gif, you will need to adjust things accordingly. Enter url and on the paint page, scroll to paint options. Use RESET, COLOR, & type in color chosen for bg - black or white. Go to composite and comp the floral gif using over. Resize to approximately 1/2 the original HEIGHT and 25 pixels more than the width. So, if your image is 250x275, you would resize to 275x138. Go to transform - FLIP, then FLOP the image Go to decorate - add a 15x15 border to match your bg color. Go to effects - choose Gaussian Blur @ 5x5 Go to enhance - choose Gamma 1.6 Back to decorate and add another border of 50 x whatever height you need, to comp the orginal NORTH. Comp original OVER @ NORTH -20+10 <--- adjust according to image chosen. Annotate your name in choice of font. If your blurred image has white in it, use a fill of white or black, for the 1st annotation, then a complimentary color for the 2nd. Move the 2nd annotation over & down by 2 pixels. Example - South +55+180 -- White, then +57+182 -- steelblue Trim and output as a jpg. Example on white bg. Have FUN! ŠAugust 8, 2005 Club Chocolata Do not reproduce or duplicate this tute. Please post this page.