... which a user needs in order to scale the image on the sketchboard, not the dimensions of the object it contains. So I saved this file as cattle_dock_image_38ft_x_23ft.gif, setting the surrounding 1ft margin as transparent. Here is the result on the sketchboard. 38ft x 23ft at 4mm scale is 152mm x 92mm, so those are the dimensions I used to size the image: 2_162010_380000000.png Here is the result back on the pad. I switched on the ruler tool to check that the actual pens have ended up at the correct size: 2_162011_280000000.png The blurred surrounds haven't worked out too well, but better than a hard edge. Many thanks again for doing this, the detail on the posts and gates is brilliant. You have even included the strap hinges and fixings! If you say which program you are using we can perhaps sort out the dithering problem. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Sep 2010 15:58 from: Brian Nicholls Martin Wynne wrote: What drawing program are you using? Your GIF conversion is dithering the image instead of converting to the ...