Holy canoli !!!! I didn't get a chance to read all this yet...but wow and thanks :) ACtually, the reason I asked this question, or one of them...I applied a .mov file to the cloth square just to see what wouold happen...it rendered 5 frames---on the 6th, everything locked up...was wondering if it was a bug or my not having a clue as to what I was doing....just plugging stuf in and seeing what the heck would come out of it :) I do that a lot---find many cool things that way... So, if it does not support mpeg or .mov files, could be why it locked...but when I opened the browse window, it contained the . wildcard filename so I chose the .mov file.... This may be some work for a long weekend :) Looks very interesting. One of the reasons I first started in all this graphics stuff was for animation, but I haven't really gotten into it yet over many years...still suck at the still images :) Still can't model, and still have no artistic abilities...yikes....mainly don't have enough time. Thanks again....

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