Ron, If the images are mostly a single color, then GIF wins the size race. But, if the image has lots of colors or changes colors a lot, then JPG is better, though you will lose a small amount of detail. Generally, GIF is used for text and "low color" images (ie, 16-64 colors) while JPG's are generally used for picture quality images. That explaination is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many resources that cover this issue. ie, http://www.wfu.edu/~matthews/misc/jpg_vs_gif/JpgVsGif.html -joshua