Hey Mark, I am honoured that you would try experimenting for me -- thanks a million! I too have been unsuccessful with successive attempts at making the particle emitter "put out", so to speak. Last night, I tried Infinity Textures. It really does a good job of creating looping textures. The alpha download that Litst suggested is quite fun to play with. I managed to create snow that almost loops properly; I figure if I twiddle a bit more with the setup I may successfully create a good loop. The full shareware version of IT2 is fully functional for 30 days, and has a snow preset that is pretty cool. Great tool for 2D stuff! Thanks and ciao for now... Boogeyman