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MSF, Interesting…. You must agree that any visualy serquenced story has several basic elements, story, meter, visual impact, sound. Of thoses inso far as this forum is con', is the visual impact in so far as AM is or might be involved. You could if you wanted do 2D animations with AM just as easily as 3D. it depends on how you approach the project at hand. I love japanese animations, so much so that on my last business trip to Japan I spent most of my free time hunting down animations to add to my current collection. The visual impact is what I look for not story, why? because bt watching over and over again, often frame by frame I learn more about my chosen craft. I think that the value in watching many animated and/or computer animations is adding to one's own store of information. Even duplication of such work (Copying) can teach you a lot about the technique used by the original author. This includes solving problems in lighting, reflections, material simulations etc….and so on. Lee