Thanks for your comments EricSD and kathym. Eric, yep it is the Predator from the movies :) And I agree, that grass bugs me too. I did it post render because the foliage in the foreground just looked too fake and I tried to hide it :( I'll be working with it more though and will try the suggestions I've gotten here :) Thanks. Kathy, thanks so much for your kind words. I'm getting addicted to this program :) More of a love-hate kinda thing....I just start to think I'm understand it and as soon as I complete that thought I'm proven wrong LOL But I really enjoy it. I started playing with it in March and also got Vue a few weeks ago. I haven't done anything in that program though. My graphic play time is running out, the kids are out of school for the summer at the end of this month so I won't have the time ( that they're in school ) to play with these great programs :( Thanks again for the comments.