Now I'm a semi-starving student myself... but I agree with the others, that working with V3 is more economical than V2 because of the wonderful Platinum Club items.

I'm especially thankful being on a Mac, where I can't use products like Tailor and V2-V3 Texture Converter to use older items. I completely understand the frustration with constantly having to upgrade products and programs, and had a heck of a time explaining that to customers when I worked in the computer business. The only explanation is that there isn't one... its simply the way the industry works, in order to keep it alive.

I hope all the comments in this thread haven't been offensive, I think everyone's just trying to encourage you to give V3 a chance in the future, there are a lot of very happy customers around here. :)

Molly