Hi Al
As long as the IEN_Compression is not a format like JPEG the compression will be maintained.
https://www.imageen.com/help/TIOParams.IEN_Compression.html
You can display a layer in a TImage as follows:
// Display a layer containing an image with alpha transparency in a TImage
iebmp := TIEBitmap.Create();
iebmp.Assign( ImageEnView1.Layers[3].Bitmap );
iebmp.SynchronizeRGBA( False, True ); // Convert 24bit Image + Alpha channel to 32bit RGBA
iebmp.CopyToTBitmap( Image1.Picture.Bitmap );
Image1.Picture.Bitmap.AlphaFormat := afDefined;
iebmp.Free;
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com