Hi Lauw and all, Re. Storage of images. Here I simply use Windows Explorer to make folders and sub-folders and I do this for every genera. I've found it the easiest and simplest way of finding pictures quickly and easily. e.g. Folder - South African Bulbs sub-folder - genus sub-folder - species sub-folder - hybrid To view the files I use two programs. Firstly a program called ACDSee which allows me to view, copy and move thumbnails in respective folders and sub-folders. However this is only good for images up to 250Kb because of the time it takes the pics to load. For larger files I use a program called Exif Viewer (thumbnail browser), this comes with the new Fuji digital cameras and it is very good at viewing thumbnails of much larger camera images. It comes with another program called DP Editor which is the viewer. Regarding manipulation I find Paint Shop Pro 4 ideal and does most things the larger programs do. I have also found that if you stick with one and learn how to use it, it's much better than trying to use several to no great effect. All these programs are very small and don't take a lot of room up on the drive, hence more room for pics. Here I've partitioned my hard drive so that I can store a large volume of pictures on the D partition. Then when windows has a problem (as it usually does) I can then format the C drive, set up Windows, and all my pics and work are still there. Best Wishes, Dave David Fenwick NCCPG National Collection of Crocosmia with Chasmanthe and Tulbaghia The African Garden 96 Wasdale Gardens Estover Plymouth Devon England PL6 8TW Website: http://www.theafricangarden.com/