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Ed, >> I also figured not many would be interested. I'm sure there will be some others who might want to drop in… Well, Amiga products are often very competitive on a feature for feature comparison but I feel that _sometimes_ Amiga developers will throw things in just to say that yes, it does that, even if it isn't very useful (FinalWriter is an example of this). Scala is one exception and there are others but many products seem just shy of the finely tuned edge that is required in a pro setup. Amiga products are flexible but I feel sometimes you have to go through contortions inorder to make use of that flexibity. That isn't to say the Amiga can't be used in a pro setup, just that you have to be willing to make a few sacrifices, once in a while (don't you always???). I have more than once pushed a product to the limit and found that it broke. To clarify on the flexibility issue: the Amiga environment as a whole is more flexible but the individual parts seem to be less so. For example, I have been using PhotoShop on the Mac and OpalPaint and ImageMaster R/t on the Amiga. IM R/t has lots of features but isn't the easiest product to use and the interface often works against productivity (too many menus to scroll though, IMO). OpalPaint is a great program but there are some parts that could be enhanced (It seems like a sampling of all the high end features in PhotoShop and others). But both IM and OP (combined) are less than the cost of PhotoShop. PhotoShop has so many options that it's not so much HOW do you do something but which way to do it (this can be both good and bad). OTOH, the graphics that I created with OpalPaint would have been more difficult on the Mac (and in fact I don't even know how I would have done it in PhotoShop because they used colour stencils, a feature which I don't thing is available in PhotoShop in that form.) The bottom line, IMO, is that in a so-called 'pro' environment, it isn't so much what it costs but if it does the job, right, the first time. For me, if I want to actually make money in this business I have to use the accepted tools (although I will keep Ami). >> Strangely enough, I strongly feel that good >> MM requires good multitasking Agreed, I miss MT everytime I use a Mac or PC. In fact, I just bought OS/2 for my PeeCee with the hope I can get away from Windoze. Aside from MT the one area that the Amiga was a leader in was innovation. The kiosk I did just used teeny-tiny AVI clips and static bitmap graphics. It was a horror when we took it from the development system to the kiosk system: the video stopped working. Turns out it was the video driver which was incompatible with the AVI player in ToolBook. I wanted (and tried) to do it on the Amiga but I was working for a PC house and old habits die hard. >> Why is it that all paying clients want it yesterday? Not only that but the want it ALL, yesterday. Your project sounds quite impressive. How long did it take you? What was the product that you were selling. Did you use AVPro?