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John, I'm not sure about the missing .tga error. You can apply a saved .grd file just as you would use any .tga, .gif, .cel by simply typing in *.grd ans sellecting the appropriate file you wish to use. They can be materials, backgrounds, layers in video post etc. Like I said, anywhere you would use any other graphic file format you are already farmilliar with. The .bxp makes the translation for 3DS. Animation Walkthrough 1. Open the Gradient Designer, press the "Clear" button. Change to the Keyframe Editor. 2. Change the Algorithm Control to Radial Sweep, and the Looping Control to A->B, No Distortion, Repeat Once. 3. Add 60 frames to the animation. (Click on the bottom right "Add Keyframe" button. Holding down the Shift key while clicking and holding adds frames more quickly.) 4. Move to the Frame forward/backward button and click on the right side, advancing the animation a few frames. 5. Now click in the gradient color bar and change the color. Notice the Keyframe icon has changed from gray to blue. 6. Advance a few more frames. 7. Chance the direction control. Give it a quick whirl. There should now be three keyframes. The second keyframe should be blue instead of gray (indicating color change), and the third keyframe should have a left arrow (indicating direction change.) 8. Click on the first keyframe. 9. Click on the right side of Frame forward/backward to play what you've done so far. 10. Advance to frame 35. Change the direction control again. 11. Go back to frame 0 and play back the animation. Notice how the interpolation as much smoother over a greater number of frames. I hope this is helpful. It's directly from the tutorials. -Lee