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Hardcopy output. Q1: A1 Hardcopy will require a VERY big file if you want it to look any good! Not exactly a formula, but here is my guess at the resolutions for printing at 300dpi mm pixels Paper x y Width Height A4 210 297 2550 3300 A3 297 420 3300 5100 A2 420 594 5100 6600 A1 594 840 6600 10200 Colour laser output should look pretty good, but I don't know if it can be done at A1 size. If you don't have to worry about the size of the output file then render it at as many colours as you can…the more the merrier! However, if the output must be done at a bureau or even on a machine not connected to yours directly then I would recommend you give up <g>. If you can, find a bureau with 3DS and have them render your project file/mesh/ there. That way the problem is theirs until the job is done! Q2: The file should print at truecolour regardless of the display capabilities of the machine it is sitting on. ( I think! ) Q3: Apart from using your eyes and taking a close guess from a Pantone swatch, there is a more accurate way of converting from Pantone to RGB. Coreldraw 3.0 will do the job quite nicely. Just draw any object and select the 'uniform fill' dialog, choose 'edit' and make sure the 'SPOT COLOUR' palette is the active one. Select the Pantone colour you need to use. From there switch to 'PROCESS COLOUR' and choose the 'RGB' model. This will automatically give you a fairly accurate conversion. The only work you have to do is convert Coreldraw's scale of 1-99 for each channel to 3DS' 0-255 scale. Gamma? what's that then? <g> Hope this isn't too long-winded and that it works for you! Accuracy in any of the above cannot be guaranteed ! This is my first message to anyone on CServe, y'know! Awra best! MA in SCOT