Ok so it sounds like I will start my project with RD then. I am hoping to lead up to doing some freelance stuff someday and I hope to get my feet wet with this and earn enough to buy big toys like Maya or 3DSMax. I am planning to do some animations of a creature from a well known series of books. I won't say more because I don't know of any other projects doing it and I don't want my results to be colored by other projects. Nice work on the subs Michael! Can anyone tell me what specifically is lacking in RD 5.5? What sort of limitations should I expect so I can save myself frustration of trying to do what it won't do?