Static - thanks much. i missed that point in the readme. i'm looking at my more compressed jpegs and yours, and they look equivalent, but my ipaq isn't hi res color. that skin really turned out superb, with treetog's magnif graphics, and your DB adaptation tweaks. i think you're right about the delay, and i'll probably use your jpegs now that i know that nothing is wrong.
Tell us again how to make magic S - i thought i remembered, but couldn't get it to work! gracias