Not at all, Flycatcher. In fact I almost always do snow in PhotoImpact using the particle effect- it is so easy to animate it because you just hit the random button between frames, and you can control the density of the snow, opacity of the flakes and the size variation. And if anyone prefers PSP, Ulead do the particle effects as a free standalone plugin which will work with PSP. But this method is handy for Vue images where you want to avoid postwork - contests, submissions to e-on software gallery and so on.