I just ordered mine yesterday (my network connection isn't the most reliable for doing the on demand).  I ordered from VTC directly though

That is very nicely done! I like it.  Was the waterfall what you did in post?

Of course with OS X in the Iphone OS X has had MultiTouch since 2007 now of course to release a computer screen connection.  It is very cool and hopefully MS will not overlook little things like a spell checker system wide!

Running Vista 64 here currently.

OoOoOo... Thanks!   It is appreciated. 

I finally got the ok to buy the CD of your tutorials too as my connection is too wonky to do just online learning.

Not yet but he is working on someplace.  Just grab the other files over time I think it makes you wait 2 hours without an account.  Its how Rapidshare makes its money for providing storage and bandwidth.  When he gets it posted I will (or hopefully he will) post here.

Quote - Me still trying to learn and everything under the sun interupting till I get too tired :) But I still have it as my goal :)

chuckles thats what I get for just typing and being tired.

I ment to say, Me?  I am still just trying to learn and getting constantly interrupted till its too late at night.  Part of my problem is I can't focus on just one thing to focus on learning as I have Bryce, Carrara, Hexagon, DazStudio.  Add to that the painting (acrylics) and digital painting learning.

I guess I need to just find one project and focus on it first ;)

Now just to figure out which direction to head first :)

Me still trying to learn and everything under the sun interupting till I get too tired :) But I still have it as my goal :)

This site has a number of tutorials on planets however I can't check right now to see if it has one on clouds specifically as they were hacked and are down temp.  http://www.solarvoyager.com/

Here is a tutorial may be the same one on SolarVoyager http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials_2/painting_planets/planets_01.asp  they posted about 100 tutorials some are quiet interesting http://www.3dtotal.com/ps100/pstut100.html

It looks like its coming along nicely!  I look forward to seeing how it goes.

I believe it has a 30 day trial version you can test the waters

Oh! got it.. Thanks for the Reply!  That makes sense, it is appreciated.

I like the picture!

A couple of questions if thats okay.  Did you place the plane for the photo on the back, under, both? built something that has a bend to get both?

Or did you composite the fighter in post, masking around the person, with alpha channel for the mask on the plane and the shadow?

Its beautiful and a great tribute!

Great Picture and I really look forward to the tutorial!

Thanks Pjz99 I keep forgetting about that, cyclorama.  I need to explore it more.  I never seem to have a good background!