I used to use Streamline all the time and I've used the Live Trace feature in CS2 a fair amount. As far as I can tell, there is absolutely no difference between them. Live Trace is literally Streamline folded into CS2. I actually like the fact that it creates a white shape on top of a black shape to create the illusion of lines. This allows you to vary the thickness of the "lines" (i.e., the black portion that peeks out from behind the white shape). This lets you mimic a true ink drawing with variation in line weight. Another bonus is that you can easily apply a color or gradient fill to the white object to quickly create simple color art with black outlines (sort of a comic book style). Several of the illustrations on the following web page were created using this method (the skull, uterus, and teeth): http://www.rit.edu/~japfaa/anatomy.html Live Trace comes with a bunch of presets that you can experiment with to find one that works best for your particular application. I find that the "Inked Drawings" setting provides gives good results in converting pen and ink art (as the name implies). Somewhere in the Live Trace Settings you can change the Conversion Method from "Outline" to "Centerline". This will draw a single path down the center of each linear element in your raster art instead of outlining each shape or drawing white and black objects on top of one another. I haven't used this approach very much so I'm not sure how well it works. Jim ___________________________________________________________ James A. Perkins, MS, MFA, CMI, FAMI Board Certified Medical Illustrator Fellow, Association of Medical Illustrators Associate Professor of Medical Illustration College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology RIT office: Bldg. 7A, Room 3415 73 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 phone: 585-475-2443 fax: 585-475-6447 Studio: 115 D'Angelo Parkway Avon, NY 14414 phone: 585-226-8149 fax: 585-226-6965 http://www.rit.edu/~japfaa [log in to unmask]