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Martin, Interesting. . . care to share that name with me privately via E-Mail ? That way I'll be certain to steer clear of them . As for myself, all my commercial work is done using Topas, which I paid for, and continue to pay upgrades for . Occasionally, software vendors allow me to keep programs which they had originally sent as review copies for articles; Tempra Pro, Color Rix, and VT Compress are programs I accquired this way and feel free to use them for profit making business. Sometimes, a magazine passes along a program that was gifted to them by a vendor, shrink wrapped. In ambiguous situations like this I usually will not use the product in my commercial work until I have paid some sort of upgrade fee, either for a new version, or an agreed upon "special price" to become a fully registerd user. Most of the time though, software crosses my desk with a 30 to 90 day give it back fuse on it for review purposes only. 3DS r1 was a 90 day loaner for me last year and I had to wrap it up and mail it back. I just received 3DS r2 on review, I anticipate writing a comparison to Topas 4.0 as well as a separate article on IPAS. I already anticipate that I will want to eventually pay some kind of money to become legit and use it as a second toolkit to compliment Topas rather than just send it back this time around. BTW, did Patricia ever share my resume and tape with you ? Thanks for the refferal, hope something developes soon ! Bruce