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Hi experienced IPAS smokers, Yea, I know it is not politically correct, but at 4 AM in the morning while working on an animation, a stale cup of coffee and a fresh cigarette can keep you going while the politically correct social engineer weenies are fast asleep. Too bad I don't smoke anymore. I try and make up for it by making fresh coffee, but that takes away from animating. But to the point. I need some reviews of the various smoke IPAS's. We have a project that requires a branding iron to come in and burn a logo onto live video and have it smoke and sizzle. It needs to be reusable in a video post situation so the smoke needs to be able to produce ALPHA information for a travelling matte to be laid off on a seperate reel. And yes, what I mean by video post are video switchers, keyers, VTR's and computer editors. Any advice on the various smoke and/or particle simulator IPAS's out there. I have most of the literature (Yost, Schrieber, Pyros and Digimation). I'm looking for some practical or maybe I should say particle reviews. Thanks in advance guys Bryce Whiteside CF/X Image, Inc.