Brycetech - I'm guilty as charged. Every time I want to clear a render or abandon a tool in TrueSpace, I sweep the mouse off the right side of the screen. When I do that after too much Amapi time, I actually think "Damn, locked up..." before I realize I'm not in Amapi. Hiram - the reason you get lost in Amapi may be the same as mine : it's too EASY. The tools do exactly what you'd logically expect them to do, but that's not exactly what I was used to from other 3D apps. Try going to the Amapi Forum here on R'osity and make a search for "finger exercises" - you'll find a string of posts that'll take you through all major tools in fifteen minutes. After that, the forum is full of tutes by dedicated Amapi users like Brycetech - and pretty soon, you'll be doing "the Amapi swing", too, trust me ;o) Tilandra - 3 good magazines for 3D goodies : o Digit Magazine - www.digitmag.co.uk o Computer Arts - www.computerarts.co.uk o 3Dworld - www.3dworldmag.com You can order copies through their websites - back issues, too. Good thing for foreigners like me ;o) Have fun, all.