I rendered an 2100+ frame animation based on a Mimic created talking head to show a collegue what Vue Pro was capable of the other day using Vue4Pro on a P4 based PC. I didn't network render it. OK I used basic two point lighting and switched off a lot of the render features that would have been overkill but by no means all of the features were off and it wasnt a "tiny render" given that without the sound file the render came out at 0.99Gbytes. It took 10 hours 20 minutes to render. Given that I've rendered still pictures that took twice as long as that on my old P2 I'm more than happy with the render times. Anyway back to your question... Since your new to Vue and want to render landscapes I'd suggest that unless your flush with cash (and since your asking I'm guessing your not) I'd suggest that unless your: 1. Using a lot of other 3D programmes and want to share the files around from and to Vue 2. Really want to do animations with trees moving in the wind 3. Want to programme Python scripts Your probably better off getting Vue and not Pro. Which isn't to say Pro doesn't have a lot of other very useful features like the plant editor, enhanced light controls and enhanced rendering features. But I'm guessing that unless you have a lot of spare time you won't get that far into Vue in the short term. Its taken me since Vue Pro came out to get to the point I'm at now where I'm getting to grips with the power features. Cheers Mark

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