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Who out there is using MAINACTOR PROFESSIONAL by VillgeTronic for animations? I'd like to hear from you about how well it works when creating 24 bit animations. The main questions I have about it are: 1) Will it compress/play Lightwave 3D animations? How? 2) Does it play Full Screen, 24 bit animations or is it limited to a small window? 3) How many FPS is it capable of? Is it faster when used with an 040 or 060? 4) About how many seconds of anim. can be played per 100mb of hard drive space? How aout 500mb? 1gig? 5) It's listed that it has special, fast support for the Picasso II. How fast is it? (Assuming you have a Picasso II.) 6) Does it support sound? 7) Is it easy to use and learn? 8) If you think this program sucks, then do you have another suggestion other than a PAR, VLAB, or Flyer board? Also, if you know anything about the new MAINACTOR BROADCAST coming out, could you tell me what improvements it will provide over the PRO version? I'm looking for something inexpensive to compress my 24 bit Lightwave 3D animations, so I can record them to tape. I need it for making an animation tape for my school portfolio, and for making Flying Logos and simple animations for myown work. I can't afford to get a NLE board or a single frame tape deck. MAINACTOR looks like what I need, but I was hoping one of you professionals out there could give me some comments, suggestions, and advice about it. My computer is an Amiga 2000 equipped with an 030/50mhz board (soon to be upgraded to an 060), 34 megs of Fast Ram, 2 Chip, and a Picasso II 2 meg board with Cybergraphics. Thanks so much for your help. Keep On Animating! Waiting for the MacroSystem's 060 accelerator to be released. Chris Shepard: 030/50 Toaster A2000 & MacIIfx via Emplant.