originally quoted by vladimirjp Probably 80% of videos are features not readily available in maya, even the stuff in xsi 5. maybe u should watch the videos a little closer Er, I think you missunderstood my earlier comment, my appologies. It's not about what they showed in those demos. I have never looked into XSI before you posted the link. I have no idea how the UI works, what the work flow is like, and what all it covers ect. The demos were impressive, no doubt, and yes ( LOL ) I watched the MOTOR demo for crying out loud. The demos didn't show what I wanted to see, and thats not selling me on the product. It only covered the new features of XSI and some of the standard features that all XSI versions come with.Though It looks like XSI has much better animation capabilities than Maya has, but my background is mainly in rendering and modeling, not animation. Sorry for the confusion.