well im a junior in highschool and have only been working with maya for 2 years and thats just class time for 1 period a day..soo ya i'm not a genius at this stuff but i am trying my hardest and i got the basketball net to work thanks to videos and suggestions it just took time since i can only work for 45 mins a day and maybe some time after school.. and we dont have a set curriculum our teacher just says work on watever basically..soo i wanted to make a storm.. i know how to make paticles look like rain and i know how to make clouds.. and wind and stuff but rendered out it looks like dump.. soo i was just looking for some helpful ideas on how to make it look better than it already does but i guess thats not gonna happen. thanks for your help on previous things..i'll figure this one out on my own i guess