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Hilary: I hesitated to answer a previous message from you because I figured that some one else would do it one In which you said that the Flyer dose not appear top be a working system. YOU CAN NOT BE MORE WRONG! I certainly can't imagine were you are getting your information from. The Flyer is a fully Integrated Random Access Nonlinear editing system. The interface is a hybrid of story board editing and the Toaster Switcher. Toaster 4.0 will allow you to select several switcher modes. One of which will show you a storage area on the lower part (were the Main, Preview, and overlay are in version 3.0.) In this Storage BIN you can choose FrameStore, CG Pages, Wipes & transitions, and (If you have the Flyer) Video clips. This will allow the Toaster to be the Best toaster Sequencer available. And (If you have the Flyer) a complete Nonlinear Edit system! The Upper portion of the Switcher screen becomes a Storyboard were you place in sequence the items in the order that you want them to occur. The best part is that once you are done arranging the clips transitions and titles and whatever in the order you want you hit the play button and its done. Fully Integrated with the Toaster Switcher the playback is in real-time. No waiting for effects to render like the Cube, Avid and D-vision. However you are limited to the toaster effects in real time. Not to worry if you want a Hi-Res version of an effect send it to LightWave. LW will render a video transition in full res with NO pixilation. Where I am working Now we Have 2 IMix Cube systems and I like them a lot, however they still have some sever limitations. Like out put quality. NewTek is claiming that the Flyer will deliver D2 video quality. That is a pretty bold statement, I must admit. But if any one could do it I believe that NewTek can. The other thing that the Flyer has over the Cube is LightWave. Brian our Cube operator dose a lot of pretty cool stuff in PhotoShop. But with LightWave and TPaint I can run circles around him Graphical speaking. Maybe that is a testament to both our abilities but that is what I have witnessed. I disagree that there will not be very many companies willing to purchase a flyer. Every single production company that I consult with now owns a Toaster or is now trying to get one because of what I have shone them it can do with my system. I think that Sceptics will say the same thing that they said about the toaster when it came out. However every body is now using them and I think that speaks for it's self…. Brad Hayes Hayes Visual Communication