what I meant was that the most time-intensive step in the process (other than editing the texture) is resaving the texture. it takes a second or two, depending on how large the file is. if they cut out the part where one hasta resave the texture to view the change in cs3e, that might make it sell better. but if they're pitching this to folks who have $$$$ to spare and already own maya, I reckon $999 is petty cash, even if they don't need this feature. perhaps the ones who will buy cs3e will be those who don't own maya or any other 3d app, but wish to use 3d models they purchase or download. personally, my main interest in cs3 is the ability to edit hdri files.