back to the original point...I wonder how many of pinhead and his friends just up and said "I'm going to be a professional artist" got the top-of-the-line stuff, and just immedieatly did pro-level work right off the bat...;) Orbital...you don't count...;) j/k...;)

It's the same situation with these magazines; if you don't rope newbies into the field with free and easy software, how are you going to upgrade them to the 'spendy' stuff later? The fact that you can do pro-level work with easy and 'intro' stuff may have escaped them...;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)