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Sanford, I've been admiring some of the work done with blobby modellers, and even tried 'em a bit. I've spent a lot more time with AM though, and am comfortable with the results I get from it. But if the news that AM is no longer supporting DXF is true, this is very a pathetic development indeed. Javier says there's a way to get textures to tack to blobby models even when the metaballs are individually animated (IOW, without converting to mesh first). This was the biggest potential pitfall I saw in the blobby-approach, and apparently it's been solved. Have you formed any opinions about splines vs. blobbies? Also, I noticed your mention of developing a system for producing motion picture FX. I also put together a desktop-style film setup for my own projects. It was written up in Computer Artist – April/May '93. The setup is actually for doing VistaVision. Are your familiar with this format? -Tim