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Hello Mike < When you change a image or bit map it then becomes your art work.> Im not a lawyer but my impression is that how much an artwork must be altered before it is "yours" will be hacked out in court case by case. I read that the guy that won the Corel grand prize had used someone elses picture of an Indian, altered it quite a bit and is now being sued. If he hadnt won maybe no one would have noticed. On a related topic, if one were to read Wired one might think that the notion of copyright of intellectual property is a quaint fading concept. I have faith that huge outfits like Disney who are perfectly willing to bust a tiny daycare certer for painting Mickey on the wall will keep the notion alive, and lawyers busy.