i dont care about the particulars..i just want them to make it work on my computer..lol..dammit wheres that magic wand??!! i know theyve got a magic lamp there somewhere..lol.. i never used infini-d so i dont know..but what about the packages that do independent rendering? not that i actually know what im talking about, but i know some of the higher end packages let you do it...and theyve done it on linux...BSD also lets you chain computers to make farms...yeah i watch TechTv a lot...lol