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Well, the obvious 3D modeling program for Videoscape is: Modeler3D, by the same company. Another one you might be interested in is Videoscape ProMotion, which allows you to create motion paths using a mouse, rather than typing in files. 'Easier to use' is a relative notion. Videoscape (if you have Modeler and ProMotion) has a pretty simple interface concerning screen resolutions, etc. If you want a completely integrated system, you might look at Sculpt-Animate 4D Junior. It's object editor is pretty nice (easy to use), and it has moderate animation capabilities. Like Videoscape, however, it does not do real ray-tracing. (but now we're getting into image quality, not 'easy to use' qualities). Another you might look at is PageRender 3D (by Mindware). To use this effectively you need to become very script oriented (ala Videoscape, but there are TONS of commands availabe for object creation, metamorphosis, and animation). But it also will not do 'ray-trace' quality images. Concerning DPaint III compatibility. Any program you get that saves non-HAM IFF images will be 'compatible' with DPaint. What this means is that you could load the images animated with (Videoscape/Sculpt/PageRender/etc) into DPaint, modify them, and resave the anim. Is this what you mean by 'compatible'? Hope this helped. I'm sure you will get PLENTY of other opinions, messages on your request! –jp–seattle–