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Hello Kyle, Long time no talk, How have you been? I'm sending this question to you instead of the Yost Group because you are among the (FA) on the list I downloaded from the forum. I have just purchased the Particle Systems IPAS from the Yost Group and have been working with fireworks. My problem? I have not been able to reproduce the same effects as the FIREWK_3.3DS which was included on the diskette. This flic is well known since it came on World Creating CD. The manual gives a good explanation of the workings but without any tutorials I've had problems generating the same great effects. My first problem is comparing the number of vertices when creating the text. I have increased the steps to ten and that doesn't seem to be enough, I haven't figured out the commands to increase vertices beyond ten(steps). I have never needed to increase the vertices on the outline of text, although I have used tessellation to increase vertices in objects, which is not the effect I'm after. Using insert vertex seems tedious and creates an uneven effect. I have had a few other problems and if there is a tutorial floating around for this IPAS/Particle Systems diskette e-mailing it to me would be great. Generally I can understand most of whats being asked but when I get lost, I GET LOST. A manual similar to the IPAS disk #6 would have been nice, the difference between '92 and '94 <g> I guess. Your help is much appreciated. I have recently scanned the forum and came across your creation of a human head, Once again fantastic. You have taken 3ds to a pinnacle. Your art work is something to be admired by all. The reason I say this is because there are alot of great artists in the forum, but your work gets my attention most. -P