Hi David, Thanks for the help. Your suggestions worked. The verbiage in the box is a green check mark followed by "Finalize." I tried to open the *.bmp file with Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE, Picture Publisher 6.0, and Imaging without success, but Paint worked. I saved it as a gif file which I opened with my browser. I also have several participants who tested with Sorenson. I encourage testing with them on my surname's mailing list since it's free. As a result my charts are either the 39 markers from SMGF or the 28 common markers between SMGF and the FTDNA 37 marker test. I started off by inputting all the marker data, but then realized that Fluxus only worked on mutations. So now I just enter data for those markers which have mutations. I also just enter data for a single haplogroup cluster for each plot and I also enter the modal values for the mutated markers as one record. This gives me a "feel" for determining how the mutations propagate, from the mode to the individual participants. One interesting thing about the Fluxus program are the alternate paths to a given participant which contain two identical mutations. These appear to me to be parallel mutations. I posted this on the Genealogy-DNA mailing list and Ann Turner said she would take a look at my plots, so I sent her the *.fdi plots. Evidently she couldn't read them, because she hasn't responded. I'll try again with the *.gif files. Bruce Baird In a message dated 3/26/2006 2:29:35 PM Central Standard Time, dmcduke@comcast.net writes: Bruce, See my notes below... > Hi David, > > The drawings I created using the latest Fluxus software show the marker > mutations on the lines and unnamed nodes at the points where the lines > connect. > Did you remove these? Yes, that is an option in the program. For the diagram to be readable on a website, you do need to get rid of that clutter. When you initially draw the network, if you scroll all the way down, you should see a box towards the right you can click. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what verbage may be in the box because on my screen I can't see it...haven't figured out why, yet. I can see the upper edge and when I click on it, display parameters pop up. I uncheck 'Display Mutated Positions' and 'Show Median Vectors' before saving the image as a .bmp file type. I also adjust the font. >Also, is there a program for converting the Fluxus > formatted diagram (*.fdi) file to a gif file like the one on your web > site? Don't save the file as *.fdi if you want to eventually save it as a *.gif. Save it as a *.bmp (an option) and then you're able to manipulate the file in a program such as Paint, Adobe, etc. Whatever program you may have that will open a *.bmp and then allow you to edit, add text, etc. Once you've edited the file you can then save it as a *.gif for use on a website. I'm still new to the software myself and found out just today that I could add the color coding to the nodes by right clicking the node I want to change. Various options come up, one being change of color. I had been doing that using one of the image editors. > > Bruce Baird