Hi Art, I think text is easier to read, if there is much of it, in narrower columns, like in a newspaper, so I am experimenting with a narrower text column in this message. "Your example showing that a large image could actually be smaller in file size than a smaller image was interesting. How strange! It must have something to do with the jpeg compression used on the larger image?" It does. First of all, at the outset I intended to create a large 986-pixel-wide version of your picture with a small file size. After copying your image to the Clipboard and importing it from the Clipboard to Photoshop CS3, I invoked the Topaz DeNoise 5 plugin to remove all of the JPEG artifacts from the file. Just removing the artifacts simplifies the image considerably. Then I used Ben Vista's PhotoZoom Pro 4 to upsample from 640 wide to 986 wide. (I like PhotoZoom's upsamples better than Photoshop's upsamples.) Then I saved that as a JPEG file using BoxTop Software's ProJPEG plugin to save the large image as a small file by selecting a lower JPEG quality setting. I think ProJPEG does a better job of saving JPEGs than Adobe does. I don't know what algorithm that GardenWeb uses to downsample images to 640 pixels wide, or what utility they use to convert those files to the JPEG format, but they apparently use a fairly high quality setting to create the JPEG file. The disparity in quality settings alone could account for the smaller image requiring a larger file size. In my opinion, GardenWeb's recommendation of something close to 640 X 480 pixels is a little over-cautious. I think that something at least close to the default width of the text column (not this artificially narrower width) makes better use of the screen space. But GardenWeb is right that they should take control of the size of photos that are uploaded to their space. If they didn't do that, a lot of people would upload catastrophically large JPEGs straight from their cameras. My Nikon D3200 takes 6016 x 4000 JPEGs, and one of those would seriously mess up a message thread. I think it is true in general that JPEGs right out of most of the digital cameras out there today would be completely out-of-place in one of the message threads here. And it says essentially that in the link you provided. ZM

which specific plugin is the error for? I can not read that tiny print on the screen shot. If you are going to continue with IE 7 you could really benefit from getting this IE7pro add-on, it does include some plugins also. It is a very neat add-on for IE7 IE7Pro 2.3 when you did your install of sp3 did you uninstall your IE7 prior to adding the sp3 as was recommended by microsoft? To make sure you have all the latest updates you might need for java and adobe and all those good things go to the secunia software inspector and have it scan your system, it will tell you if you have any that need updates and where to get them. Sometimes not having the very latest update can cause problems. Software Inspector Also make sure you do not have a pop up blocker that may be conflicting on some sites.

Movie Maker has a 60 transitions, 28 video effects. You can add titles before, during, or after a video clip or still picture. It is VERY easy to add music and narration. You can do both if you want. It is super easy to edit the lenght of the song to your pictures by dragging the line on the "timeline". My best advice is to add the pictures, then titles. Then add the transitions/effects. Add your music and/or narration last. If you start moving things around - you can mess up your transitions, etc. Also - it is a good idea to decide how long you want each still image to be shown before you start. It is easier to have it like you want it from the beginning. Go to TOOLS->OPTIONS and set the length of time to show a picture, and the time for a transition. I set mine at 10 seconds per picture and 1.75 for a transition. You can always lenghten the time you want to show a certain picture by dragging it longer in the timeline. I don't know of any other programs that are this easy to change the lenght of images - usually it is only one time for all. Have fun - these are a blast to make. But give yourself some time to work on it :)

Jane, Have you tried going back to a prior version? Often newer versions really don't offer any new features but rather fixes and such. If you would like, go to Filehippo.com and click on the FF offering. On the right of the window you will see a list of prior versions. Click on the one of your choice, and then of the three appearing tabs select Change Log. That will report the changes for that particular version. Same with all the rest. DA