Ok, maybe I use Vue in a wrong way. I try to do a small village with several houses (lifestyle and greathouse for poser), some roade, some peoples... I use 1 file and several layers. Is it a good way to work ? Laurent

Any way that works for you is a good way to work. I use layers extensively myself and I often move objects between layers as the scene evolves. Its especially usefull when setting up lighting to have each light in a different layer so you can render the scene with each individual light to see just what it is affecting. I've only had one scene that I had to break up into multiple renders due to the number of objects and poly count, and even at that I could have done it all in one render if I had a bit more patience. Rich

I don't think there is a good or a wrong way to use Vue, but the way fits you the best... :-) For layers, I would work on the scene you described with one layer for terrains, one for vegetations, one for people, one for the part of the scene that is the focus of your future picture, etc... For files, as I work a lot with textures, I usually create a particular file where I load one specifical element (people, object, building...) and I work the textures. The I save it and load it onto my main file project. Also, another way for setting textures and lights, I save my main project file to a temporary file and then I delete all elements that doesn't concern my purpose and work on it. Then, I save the final object as vob, and re-import it to my main file... The only advice I could think about is always having 2 distinct main files. And then, each time you complete a particular work, you save alternatively on one or the other. So, if you have a corrupting event, you just lost the last elemet you set up. Hope it helps... Argentium Thri'ile

thanks :)