Fred, I'd never used the batch part of P/S before but soon sussed it out and used your Action....Brilliant! It worked a treat but the one snag was that, although I had entered 'save to folder' I then had to save each photo individually. After doing this to 200 Photo's my finger went sleep. Being cheeky, would it be possible to add to your Action, 'Save'. I use JPEG, quality 8'. One other query Fred. On the old PTE4 I was able to change my picture size on the screen so that I had a nice photo in the centre of the screen with a white frame around it, but it doesn't seem possible PTE5, am I correct?. Many thanks again for your efforts on my behalf. hastinga