>They work fine as long as you write your programs to use the filters
>_correctly_.  If you ask me, they are actually way underpriced for what
>they allow you to do.  With them, you can easily read, write, and
>translate any of the formats supported.   Try doing that without the
>filters and see how much of your time and money you spend getting it
>done.  ;-)


Even using the sample Paint program on the Webs site with the filters, It
will always choke on some GIF or JPEG that Graphic Converter or Photoshop
opens fine. So, I dunno about the above for sure. :)

Robert Covington