about half the time, this little thing I got out of a bargin bin, for like 10 bucks. Works decent for most stuff, and despite its issues with certain file types, it does descent. Its also the only one I have that I can use to mess with sound, for adding effects and things to clips.... I do have a couple of other programs that can mess with other file types, but they can't mess with sound either at all, or not to the level I might need. And I'm mildly leery of running it through multiple programs (cause of another of the program's quirks... *sigh*)

I'll try maybe looking at using tiffs, and what else, but I think the list was something like jpegs, gifs, and bmps.....
Thanks for the advice, though!