OK thanks for the reply EGG. Im going to have a play about with that and see what i can come up with. It is nice at last to see my picture with some depth Yeeehaaaaa thanks for that!

Here is a e.g of a Avatar that most of the clans have on the game forum. See how clear and smooth its is. I hope i can achieve this with Xara?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...AVATAR_4B1.gif