Twidder,
I made a seamless transparent drops tile. I use a full size image for the flower image (about 1.7MB).
The rings were from Reflection maps in EGD. I have over 500 maps to chose from. I saw Bob Hahn's rings in the Xara forum and tried his method. The rings were PNG format, and I used linear transparency in Xtreme. Reflection maps that are designed spherical will gaive shaping when applied.
Rich
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