sigh... EricofSD, One man's Horrible is another's intuitive. And no if you have a high end 3d soft like Lightwave or Maya, you wouldn't want to get TS. But for those who don't have money coming out their ass it's a quite cabable program. (except when it comes to character animation.) Does it have an awesome Renderer like Lightwave? no, but neither do any of the other big-name apps listed. :p From what I have seen of Max (admitedly a pretty old version) it had a WRETCHED interface, but again that's cuz I started out on Caligari 24 (the predessessor to truespace.) so If you learn on Max, Maya C4d...whatever it's gonna seem like the "Right" kind of interface.