Hey, thanx a lot to everybody! :) BTW, just to get things straight: they didn't ASK me to participate in the workings, I more or less FORCED them to accept me, LOL. That's because my writing skills are honed enough to compensate my awkwardness in CG And I seriously doubt that any of my work will have some space in the final production, I'm eons behind in learning XSI (just the interface & the MR render tree need a month or so exploring, LOL)... but I thought: "when in my life I'll have another chance to learn to use a 15,000$ software if I don't blackmail them?" :) So, I'm doing lot of "visualization" with EXP and C4D to illustrate my screenplay, and in the meanwhile I'm learning doing lots of practice and watching some very skilled people at work. The project is just started and at the end it will come out as a 14-16 minutes animation. I'm currently working at the English version of the screenplay, because the 3D CG shorts market is 99% US-based and we decided to go directly in English skipping totally Italian, so if you like I'll post the English version of the screenplay while it develops. @Ornlu: yes, you're right, XSI is up and running as the new standard for CG industry (btw, I just discovered they used XSI for the HalfLife2 game too, a blast!) @Jordan: hey, pal, I remember you saying some time ago if I ever did some graphics after my stories... you brought me good luck, friend! :) Thanks again to all (I'm glad nobody forgot me during my absence :)), I'll keep you updated. Stefano (again)

How could we forget you Stefano? 8) It's just a pleasure to see you happy and productive again and I for one would be interested in seeing the screenplay. Good luck my friend. 8) Catlin