Thanks, brainmuffin, That's what i was hoping to hear. I want to break into the world of commercial animation and lightwave was looking pretty dran good. I have worked as a drafter for the past five years and by now I have gotten pretty tired of drawing houses for a living. It's time that I started something a little more artistic. So, is learning commercial animation something that I can do on my own. or shoould I be looking to go back to school?