ahha, Hi Laurie =) A top down view would be wonderful. I have Real World Bryce and have read it a zillion times, but my attempts at using haze to block out the far background haven't been too good (it always seems to overtake the image and make the whole thing green or grey or yellow or whatever). I would gladly devour any tutorial you write about making your forests. =) (In the meantime I have been playing with 2D faces.. it's not bad, but I need much more practice I think.)