Thanks, Damien. You're pretty coherent to me. :)

Yes, it comes down to personal preferences. Like I said, UF is not my software of choice, so I am not a UF expert....even though I wholly appreciate the sophistication of the program.

Do you find that when you render huge images (whether in PS or UF) your computer gasps and splutters and cries for relief? I can't imagine I am the only one who goes through this when wanting to generate large sizes for printing purposes. I am now doing ceramic and glass tile murals for customers, and man, I need humongo sizes to do that. I have found that Genuine Fractal is a life saver to make older images that weren't rendered that large into images that are truly printable. But once again, that program, too, makes my computer groan, grunt, gasp, wheeze and it takes forever.

I am praying that the 64 bits are my answer. I simply can't continue to work like this, it's making me pop Valium.

Thanks again, Damien. :)

M