Good explanation DaleB... DaleB - Do you have Shade??? The reason I ask, is that that Pro version can render up to 22528x22528. Now in Vue, if I render at 2736x5184...I get a warning & continue on, that said if increase my render size to 5184x5184, it's a no go. Now, I can render in segments, but that's a pain & I am having a lot of trouble getting things to proper scale, rendering that way and I do realize this is due to my own ignorance. That said, I need an easier way. Now..by no means am I slamming Vue, I love this program. However I am now seriously considering upgrading to Shade Professional. I need to be able to render larger images, for a project I am working on and the above method is becoming a nightmare, for me anyway. Anyway, now that I'm done whining/blathering...how can ShadePro do this w/out ill affects? Can you tell, I'm somewhat technically impaired LOL