Just wanted to say thank you to FrankT for making the curved studio - I  haven't tried it yet, but hopefully this week i'll get that chance.
Question:  I'm wondering what IS the very best way to use a picture as a backdrop/background in Vue.  I have Vue 5 esprit right now.  I USED to know how to do this, but i've forgotten =(  bleh!
Could someone help me out? 

I tried loading a painting I did in the Painter program, mapped onto an alpha plane, but it looked Baaaaad. - actually, a large HOLE appeared in the center of the painting - so i know i did something wrong lol*    I've been looking through the tutorials here - but haven't yet found anything that explains it.  My Vue book has a tutorial in it for using alpha planes and pics to create things like signs.
I know this is probably very basic - but hope someone will help anyway =)
Thanks everyone!!  (OH, and Merry Christmas! happy holidays! )
Suzi (aka sprryte)