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Chris, The quality problem with REND24 only happens when rendering an anim, which I found required a "locked palette". Which brings up another question. There are NO palette concerns with DCTV. I would think that unless the next generation animation software supports palette changes on the fly, then HAM8 anims would suffer if they were forced to conform to the palette of the first frame. There is also the issue of compositing images with very different base palettes. Since DCTV seems to work with 24 bit internally, and there are no palette concerns, compositing in DCTV paint is a pleasure (aways save in 24bit format and you'll have no NSTC artifacts in you pics). I've heard that Brilliance also maintains 24 bit accuracy internally. I don't no about Dpaint. Yeah, you got me again! ( I hate when this happens 😉 ) The HAM8 file was hires since I converted directly from a 736×482 24 bit file. But saying that DCTV is also lores is true, but not the whole story. From what I understand DCTV take all the image data of say a hires 24 bit file rendered in Imagine and displays as an NSTC analog picture. This analog information is what is stored in each DCTV file. So since NSTC video is by nature lores – so are DCTV pics. That is not the same as actually converting a hires bitmap to lowres bitmap where choices have to be made as to what pixels to leave out. Will a lores HAM8 look as good as a hires pic displayed by DCTV? I don't know – I'll try some! BTW I've heard that Dpaint AGA is shipping. I'll try to order mine next week! …AutoPilot Engaged… -Paul-