In my opinion you answered your own question when you said you had little patience to learn new stuff. I don't have XD and don't know how difficult it is, but to spend money on something you may not have the patience for would be wasteful. Why not try Apo, or Fractal Explorer and read the tutorials which are many, and see just how patient you are with those programs, and if you make headway, then consider XD. There are also other 3d programs you could download for free and see if you have the patience for them, Pov-Ray for windows is one that I know of. No matter what program you get, it will certainly take some time to learn just what can be done with it, but if you are that interested and have the time then you will certainly succeed. Good luck!

Message edited on: 07/17/2004 15:36