crocodilian - thanks for pointing out FaceGen. That may be very useful for a project I plan next year. Tintifax - * right, a morph is just a position-change per vertex. * Fortunately, 3DS / Lightwave / etc. appear to retain vertex order as long as you don't add/delete any vertices. Kuroyome - * I was also going to recommend Anim8or. Haven't used it myself, but it looks like a good free way to go. * Re "ZBrush": download the free demo and experiment before buying it. It has one heck of a strange interface. I paid for it, but went back to using LightWave, because I didn't have time to learn ZBrush.