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>> >> I think that POv is a lot easier to use under memory restrictions like this, but you'll find the modelers available for it to be pretty restricted after using Imagine. << Sumpin's comin out that should support almost everything that POV 2.2 can do (including textures) . Can't say more though.<< That sounds pretty interesting. But, will it do everything POV 3.0 is supposedly going to do, and (2) can it do the things (like for example brush-tacking) that Imagine does but POV can't? Especially with the improvements in 3.2, it's hard to imagine a POV based modeller coming close to Imagine. >>Anyways what I was going to say is you can't really say Imagine or pov has better textures, because it depends on what you need at the time. I've had times when using Imagine I wish I had some of the POV textures and times using POV I wish I had some of Imagines textures.<< Well, I agree with this completely. I especially like POV's woods and stones. And I like the way that POV gives you the base elements of a texture (bumps, finishes, etc) and then lets you fool with them. I don't think that Imagine's bumpnoiz is as useful as the bumps in POV. But, Imagine does have a lot of animatable textures, and animating textures in POV is a pain in the neck. So, it is hard to generalize, but I was trying to give the original poster a vague idea to answer his question. Michael