I noticed a pattern when processing Jim Muth's FOTD pars that every time the parset name had a '-' in the name, xfractint would not be able to render the file properly. I verified this by changing my script to rename the parset 'tmp' as I rendered the image and all the ones with '-' in the name are now rendering properly. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>