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Gus – >> These brushes "collect" image data and "paint" with it.<< No wonder it looks great, the more pixelated and posterized it is! (within limits, of course). BRTCON is a great utility, especially for those of us who use image processing routines like Pennello. In my user's group meeting yesterday I demo'd Pennello, and the Xaos rep who was there agreed that cranking up the contrast is a good way to get "more punch per pixel." I know sometimes you're not your own master, but have you given any thought to doing a set of image processing ipas's that allow you to preview the effect before committing? This would save having to render out multiple frames, looking for the best setting. Products like Pennello and the forthcoming Kai's Power Tools often benefit from "pre-treatement" of the source image. It would be even nicer ("pie in the sky here") if you could display changes interactively, like the Mirage ipas, or a Photoshop plug-in. Couldn't do without BRTCON, though. Absolutely indispensible for some of the stuff I'm doing now. HBLUR conteracts some of the pixelation, if needed, and THERMO is great if you want a whole different color temperature.