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Same here, on the Reference manual. I have only used it for, well, reference, so far. I keep meaning to sit down and *read* the goddam thing, but I find myself creating animations instead. I have done the tutorials and plan to do them again, REAL SOON after I get this project onto tape. Honest! I'm pretty much a newby, too, having had the program for about 6-9 months, but it has nothing to do with my job, so I've been doing this stuff at home in the evenings and on weekends. I'm no where NEAR understanding everything that I can do (nor the best way to do it) and won't be when R3 is going to be released and I'll be up to my eyebones in new features (and debt). I hope the perspective is looking OK now that you're getting a handle on the camera thing. In one of my for-me projects I'm trying to morph a fanciful beast's face so his mouth opens and closes and tongue comes and goes, etc. I keep getting a pretty good result except for this or that *little* flaw or imperfection, between smoothing groups or shapes, which I then try to fix and end up with something gawd-awful which I then fix till it looks pretty good except for this *little* flaw, etc. Latest, when his mouth opens, I get polygons stretching all the way across his head, over his open mouth. Looks like he's eating a buzz saw. NOT what I had in mind. Anyway PMJI. Good luck. Hope to see this log residence some time! David Taffet