CompuServe Thread

"I am just trying to get used to what results I get when changing the fit shapes, scaling, swapping, refining, etc." Niceley explained in the manuals, nothing cryptic about. " I have many desktop publishing packages to create the artwork in. Fractal Painter and Kai's Power Tools comes to mind first." Fractal is what I use (btw the 3.1 update is out since about 3 weeks), it's the best thing for bumb maps and textures. Corel is good to have too. Basically you have everything it takes to do the calculator, it seems that you just don't have a clue on how to use 3DS. That's why I said: " do the tutorials". This is not to tick you off, it's just that you can not proficiently use 3DS unless you know what you're doing. The tutorial and manual are a neccessity of life with 3DS until you "know it all". I tried to do it the same way you're going about it (play first, then try the manual only as a last resort <g>), but it was just an incredible waste of time. Now that I do know the tool, the real playing around is possible (I can now predict the outcomes instead of guesing them). If you like it or not, you'll never become good without doing the neccessities first. Enough rambling on, do it my way or else! 😉 Jack