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Tony,, >>>Still some confusion in terminology. I AM refering to a camera in Direction. Some programs allow you to place multiple cameras in the scene in order to capture (i.e. switch) the action from different angles, like movie editing. Ouch! Mr. Communicator I am not! ;=) AM doesn't need multiple cameras the way TrueSpace needs it because you don't have to move anything… Remember, everything in Direction has to be attached to a single control point or a spline. Let's say you have two guys playing chess… You add a point and than click on a button with a picture of a little man to bring your actor (Two guys can be a *single* "actor" — it is easier for making them interact)… Now you look at them from the top, see their heads and the chess board… You start adding and arranging the lights. Now the cameras: When the fat guy is talking you want a shoot from above the shoulder of the little skiny guy — just add a point behinnd him at the right hight (camera). Another point right in front of the face of your talker (target). Shot number two from above — add a point above the chessboard (camera), another right on it (target). Shot of the little guy, looking from the eyes of the fat guy — the point is alrady there (the one used as a target for an earlier shot)… And so on… you can add as many points (for stationary cameras or targets) or splines (for moving cameras or targets in animations) as you want… Now it is only a question of clicking on the Camera button while selecting a point (it turns green from red) — the camera will *jump* from point to point simply by clicking, no need to drag anything… Same trick with the camera targets… There is a lot of genius in this program… Sometimes it is way to simple! 😉 Pawel