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1. I have no idea, however, I can answer question #2

2. Use at will as long as you don't distribute it (as in: upload it). As soon as you want to make a theme using other people's objects and want to distribute it, ask permission first and give credit. Otherwise you'd risk end up being called a ripper and all kinds of nasty things would happen.

You shouldn't have to convert .bmp's or png's, DesktopX can use both formats. However, if I remember rightly, it won't display .gif,s.
If you give a more detailed explanation of what you are trying to achieve, it will be easier to help you:)

Thanks for the info Here's a little more detail of what i'm trying to do.

I found some gif animations on the web and i want to add them into my theme. when i go to import object and hit browse, it will only allow browsing for .dx objects. I did open some into paintshoppro and saved them as bmp, but the "import object" still won't read them. (and yes, i really did remember to browse the directory that they are in. )

duh! now i feel dumb. i just went back and played with the new objects and found how to apply them to my theme. thanks again for the info. (and yes, i WAS born blonde, but i dye it to create a little artificial intelligence. guess it doesn't work too well, huh?

Well, you could try to dye it again. Try red next time.