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Ken: The way I would do it, with your time constraint <g>, would be to render flics at 512×486 if possible, or 320×200 for speed, and use flitape with a laser disk. With no pre-roll required, and at the proper resolution so that flitape won't have to re-scale the images, each one gets recorded FAST! The rendering problem is simply a matter of using more machines each doing a segment of the flic with a custom pallette so you don't get flicker between sections. You don't even have to combine the flics in Ani Pro, just batch the whole thing out in the proper order. You can also tell it to lay out 2 frames at a time, giving the effect of 15 frames per second (should be OK for this), which halves both your rendering time and lay-off time. I wish we were a little closer, we could help you with both sides, but even Fed-Ex couldn't get it to us and back to you in time. Let me know how it works out (if at all)! Greg Pyros – Pyros Partnership, Newport Beach, CA