theres sometimes another way out. wanna learn lightwave but dont got the bucks. the guys at LW figured this too so they came up with INSPIRE. its the same interface as LW and they claim can be upgrade to full LW. i think its around $300-$400. and yes its as complicated as heck. i use some of its features to make models and such but fall back to my raydream 5.5 for the render dgaff