I guess basically I'm just trying to find a system that makes quality slideshows!! (I own a portrait studio). Because my files are so large, I need to make them smaller so pics to exe works better without loosing quality on my images. Honestly....i'm just plain out having a hard time with pics to exe. I wish I could get my hands on a decent manual that will explain everything well. I feel like I'm wasting a lot of time trying to learn how to produce high end slideshows by trial & error with this program. Anyway, back to jpegs. I downloaded a free software called easy thumbnails. from www.fookes.com Its ok but I had a few images that turned out with really poor quality. I guess I just need to keep testing until I get it right.