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>> PMJI Gosh, I really like the special effects book and have learned alot – but – the illustration of the wine glass is not going to win any contests in competition with a ray tracer. EDWARD HARVEY<< Ed, Glad you liked the book. As to the quality of the pseudo-refraction vs a raytraced refraction: absolutely. Refraction is much too complex too allow a manual simulation to match a raytraced simulation. The aim of the article was to show that you can give the _impression_ of refraction using 3DS's own tools. For many images, where the refraction is not the central area of interest, the impression of refraction is sufficient and the savings in rendering time can be important. Where the refraction _is_ the focus you really do need a raytracer and will have to spend the time that a raytracer needs. Terry Gilbert Forcade & Associates