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Actually, Bailey, I'd be more interested in doing it the otherway around. Do you have Topas? In 4.2 ver the camera views are pretty restrictive which woult make this conversion fairly difficult but far be it from me to judge this as I don't hahe that much experience with Topas. So far, though, I think 3DS is far better renderer (r3) than Topas 4.2. There are some very nice models on the GEMS CD that you get with Topas. I have been thinking about seeing what can be done by rendering the Topas model in Topas and then using it as a layer in 3DS VP. Using alpha it might be your best shot at conversion. Have you seen release 5.0? I ordered my free upgrade a month ago when I heard it was released but I now hear, from the dealer, that they only produced a few copies and the manuals were printed wrong so they had to reprint everything. I put calls into their office and E-mail but no response. Crystal Graphics is the pits for support. Also the dealer told me the free Soft VTR that was supposed to come bundled with ver 5.0 has been recalled for all upgrades. It only will be given away with the full purchase price of $2495.