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Gary, Sorry about the delay. I was away playing grandfather for a few days. (I am ready to play with anything that doesn't need diaper changes!) <Ed, the only place I've ever seen 2D particles transformed in 3D like that was on the Xaos demo reel, with Pandemonium effects. Fantastic!> Thanks Gary! Praise like that keeps me going in my search for an animation that doesn't resemble anything you've seen before <g>. Let me know is any of the recent particle flcs I've uploaded are the type of stuff you can use for SigGraph? Perhaps something like "1BL20F." <Are you working with Martin to make these scripts available to TSE users? I haven't heard from Martin in weeks. <I really like the flic in which you do a spherical projection of all the pixels exploding/imploding from your head. That's great!> The neat thing about the last few animations is that they were done in 2D (using masses that atract or repel pixels in the xy-plane ONLY), The 3D appearance is free. The next one will blow your mind! Remember Lawnmower man? Using AniPro/MPS I've created an animation where my face morphs into 6600 spheres that drift away. Again, 3D effect done with mirrors. I am almost done with an IXP script to do similar animations, and expect to have something to upload tonight or tomorrow. Ed K