Cherryman, that was great. Just what I was looking for for a headstart. I rendered it out and let it run. I didn't understand why it took 30 hours (I wasn't home) until i saw i forgot to change the dimensions from 22 inches x 18 inches from my last project. Needless to say media player played it a little choppy. re-rendered it at 640x480, took 15 minutes at broadcast. Now I can see what I like and what to modify. 
Thanks for giving me this headstart, I still have mnuch to learn about clouds in Vue8 inf, but this will help.