hesperis, thanks for the tip on UltraFractal. I downloaded it yesterday; it's awesome!

If you have access to Photoshop, I recommend doing all the work, including text, in that program. You'll get much better results than with Word, which is a lot less flexible. Photoshop is pretty much the professional standard for graphics. I'll be using it to create the Mudcat CD graphics.

Cheers,
Michael