> It would seem to me that many using the other technique still put their > sprites on stage using an ink other than copy - is their some specific > reason for this? Shockwave and 56k modems. I happily trade fractions of a second in performance (though I tend to use imaging for animations... don't know what you were testing) for large gains in file size. Lots of white space is lots less download time. -Kurt [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]