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Follow-up Report. Thanks to all who replied and particularly to Yachtsman who, I think, suggested over sharpening as a possible contributor. Insufficient RAM is not a problem as my new machine has 3 Gb so I looked to the images themselves. To avoid going back to the original RAW files and rebuilding those, I modified the JPEG files. Yes, I realise that is a "lossy" approach but creating exhibition A3+ prints isn't the purpose of this particular excercise. Photoshop Elements 6 contains some new and very effective noise-reducing tools so I did this:- Open image > Filter > Noise > Median (set to 1 pixel) > Despeckle > Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise (adjust Strength/ Preserve Detail/ Reduce Colour Noise sliders for best effect.) Just for good measure, check the "Remove JPEG Artifacts" box as well. Problem pretty well eliminated or at least reduced to an imperceptible level when the pictures are put into PTE. On an entirely different tack; Is it only my impression that transitions are not as smooth in 5.5 ? Are my images too big at 2Gb+ in some cases or do I need to adjust the smoothing line value in the Effects box? Stuart

Hello Lin, Thankyou for your speedy reply. First of all let me say how inspirational the downloaded slideshows were. I,m still trying to get my head around the coyote emerging from the frame effect. I've done a lot of wildlife photography in Africa so I can see some mind - blowing possibilities for future shows. I will be buying the package of tutorials in due course. Trying on another system sounds an admirable idea and as luck would have it, I've just bought a new Vista - based machine which I shall be getting up and running in the next few days ( once the inevitable XP - Vista xfer compatibility issues have been sorted.) Please keep my query on file and I'll get back to you in due course. If plan A doesn't work I'll certainly send you some example files. Thanks again, Stuart

The good news, What superb software. My wife and I have travelled throughout the world in recent years and the resulting slideshows compiled using Pte have wowed audiences across our county and beyond (mainly used as charity fundraisers.) I even have show bookings for 2009 already. The more disturbing news, A trip to the Everest and Annapurna regions of Nepal yielded, as you can imagine, some great RAW sourced images which individually print superbly and project impressively via a digital projector. However when JPEG versions of the images containing clear skies and mountain scenery are put into Pte they display a gauze/mesh pattern. Unfortunately, all the shots were originally made solely in RAW without the camera being set to save simultaneous JPEG files so I have no fallback to an original JPEG. Has anyone else encountered a similar problem ( you Colorado folks must encounter lots of mountains and blue skies?) Can you suggest a workround? The workflow was: Nikon D200 with Nikkor 18-200 VR lens set to RAW, 100 - 200 ISO > Nikon Capture NX RAW processing software > TIFF file into Photoshop Elements 3 > Saved as highest quality JPEG > Pte Version 5.1 (also tried with versions 4.48 and 5.5 with same result.) Any advice would be most welcome, Stuart