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Brendan: >> I need to create an alpha of the animation. I was wondering if Alpha >> Split is my answer. Is it possible to render the animation to the >> PAR and send the alpha TGAs to a system drive at the same time. Yes, alpha split is the answer, but it depends on the question! <bg> 3DS puts the alpha file to the same drive as the render file, so it doesn't work with the PAR. The best is probably render both to your hard disk and then copy the Targas to the PAR and delete them, saving the alphas. Another thought is to create 32 bit Targas and store them on your hard disk, then just use those to add the background. You'll get a higher quality final image since you won't be compressing twice, but it will take up more disk space. Greg Pyros