Originally posted by Jim Having said all this xsi has some really cool features that would be very welcome in Maya such as: coloured joint skin weights to show the weight mix on all points. the skin weighting colouds are amazing! in both XSI and MAX, its a shame maya doesnt have it theres also enveloping, which a lot of people dnt like, but shud still be there for those like me oooooh sumthing else thats amazing about XSI, the RTA and the whole crowd simulation, its like massive but only cheaper but apart from that, Maya kicks more ass than XSI does