Egg,

Thanks a lot for that, becaue is shows it can be done, LOL

Thats just about what i was after. My problem 'seemed' to be in the tracer programme of xarax, which I dont think is nearly as good as corel draw in terms of control, and thats a very old version of draw. As I said, I'm a new user of xara and havent quite got it yet.

The graphic was a scanned image BTW, from photoshop. I'll keep plugging away and keep telling myself its a new programme and needs time.

Regards
Stewart