Hey, I'd be all for it. I'm not really Corel a bunch of miserable b*stards or anything-- heck, I haven't even talked to them, just going mostly from what I've heard here. It does seem like the consensus I've read just here toward Corel seems to be overwhelmingly disappointing. But I'd be extremely hyped just to see something along the few advances from 5 to 6 like we saw in 4 to 5, especially if they do allow for 3rd party plugins. I'd be hyped even if that came at the cost of a slight raise in render times. (Slight, please! I just picked up a faster computer so I wouldn't have to render pictures over the course of a weekend! ^_^) AF