To Aldaron: I REALLY appreciate the tip about the book Real World Bryce 4! I went from your post to Amazon.com and ordered the book. To Wozzyke: I agree about the manual not being that helpful. It's like a book about a foreign language that leaves out the verbs. I often end up wondering, "But how do I DO this or that?" For instance, I'm figuring out how to work with lattices, but no thanks to the manual. I would have loved some examples about how to create various objects. If I run into something I just can't do, I'll check out tutorials and do a search in here, but more basic info in the manual would have been nice!