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>>Is it my system, or does the fast preview not really live up to its name? As it is, I can't seem to get more than 3 or 4 frames per second. I would think that it would have to do something like at least 15 to be able to qualify to be called fast. As is, there's no advantage over regular preview. I can get very reliable 15 frames per second and sometimes 30 frames per second with regular preview make. What's up? Roger D. << Fastpreview and preview/render are meant for two different working style. Preview render is a batch process that takes time to render and the results are crude at best. Speed, however, is close to reality and once rendered is not dependant on the complexity of the model. FP is an immediate/interactive process that trades off speed for quality. Unlike a preview flic, speed does depend on model complexity. Simple models will appoach 15fps (though there is probably no point on such simple models). It would be nice to have the hardware to see large models animated in realtime(sigh). Still ,FP is fast compared to rendering to flic or to tape. FP can also be used to generate a preview flic that will playback the same speed as a normal preview but is _much_ better quality. It all comes down to a trade off. maximum quality = full render maximum speed = preview flic good quality and reasonable speed = FP