Cheers for that Steve, I get my grant next monday so I may well get myself a book on the subject as I'm lost when I look at the UI. I remember having trouble with Photoshop when I first used it, I'm fine with it now but I think that Adobe user interfaces aren't very friendly. Also having to learn a new set of techno-babble in a short time space is enough to send anyone loopy!! My tutors have put some good tutorials (that I was meant to work through) on the university website, I'll take a look at them too. I think that the main thing I need to remember is something that I'm totally used to with Maya, you get no quick fixes. If I want it to look good I need to spend time learning how to do it. Thanks, Mat.