Hi, In metapost (running metafun) the following does not work: draw image ( draw fullcircle scaled 20cm withpen pencircle scaled 20mm withcolor red withtransparency (1,.40) ; draw fullcircle scaled 15cm withpen pencircle scaled 15mm withcolor green withtransparency (1,.30) ; draw fullcircle scaled 10cm withpen pencircle scaled 10mm withcolor blue withtransparency (1,.20) ; ) withcolor blue withtransparency (1,.125) % selectively applied withpen pencircle scaled 10mm ; Here the last transparency gets only applied to the first element of the picture. For this reason, the following new variants of 'image' are provided: decorated : adds to the current properties, last one wins redecoreated: replaces the current properties (color and transparency only, pens are kept) undecorated : ignores the specification This will work with the upcoming metapost/mplib release but I like to mention it now (before I forget). Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------