Flash, Thanks, I ramped up the memory allotment. Regards, HarryHarry, In case you didn't know, you can specify how much memory Photoshop can have: menu>file>preferences>memory & image cacheand you can specify a swap file location (preferably on a different partition to where photoshp.exe is installed:menu>file>preferences>plugins & scratch disksHarry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx