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Tim, >>Kinda tough when renders can take a while<< I've been pretty fortunate so far in that area. I went from a 486/33 with 8MB Ram to a dual Pentium 100 with 128MB Ram. I'm rendering in 30 seconds things that would have taken 4 hours on the 486. <g> From what I can tell, when 3DS goes NT, then I should be able to take some advantage of the dual processor and get even more speed. And, I guess the 32 bit enviroment will help too. >>I have the 3DSR3 and R4 SigGraph tapes<< What are those? I have the Digimation series tapes. I had the tapes a few weeks before I got 3DS, so they gave me a good jumpstart. I am looking for a few books myself right now. One called "Tips and Tricks" and another, "Special Effects". If you know off hand, where I could order them, I would appreciate the info. The bookstores around here are pretty useless, but that's what you trade off I guess when you move to a "Hooterville" type town. <g> If you don't already have these, "3D Studio Applied" with the R4 suppliment is pretty good, and "Inside 3D Studio" is good to have around for reference. Terry