Ronstuff: You're absolutely right. I've been flying blind and it's been a real pain. I'm going to try the multiple texture sets (far, mid, near) with UVmapped templates and see if that will help with the resolution problem Nance described. Tubaman: My eyesight isn't so hot and I've found that when I use any window smaller than 400x400 I can't see the image clearly enough to pose it. I do render at 320x200 for web use but mostly I work & render at 640x480. Larger than that runs into the hidden tool problem. I usually keep the heirarchy window open but pushed off the side of the screen where I can pull it back as needed. Same for the animation pallet on the opposite side. Rendered animations get ported into Premiere for editing.