Thankyou Toni for your help . i have the film strip template like cakeicer has put on above , i just cant get the hang of actually putting the photos on to the strip like you have done above . beautiful cake i must say im jealous!! i just cant do it ive gone into different photo programmes to see if i could find something easier , it looking like i am going to do it the other way ( i only need the strip of photos not the actual reel .