RE: A small request.... :-)

>That's a gotcha actually - wouldn't production quality ones be 
>required to be a
>significant size - particularly if being used for the front 
>cover? Mucho RAM needed I think

64Mb+ machine should be Ok, depends how efficient the renderer is,
but a 1600+ rez image is still going to crawl. For a print cover
300 dpi (11.81 dpmm) should be good enough - that would be a
resolution of

3507 x 2480 x 3 (24 bit) = 27 Mb