Well, here is my first real attempt in Vue. I obviously need some help. SO, please feel free to critique and offer suggestions. A little "how-to" would be nice, too...but I don't want anyone to spend a lot of time. I'll point out areas that I already know about. (1) Is it too dark overall? (2) Guitta and ArgentiumThri-ile helped sometime back with lamp settings. But they still don't look as good as the example Guitta showed. So, are they OK or what can I do? (3) Textures: (a) I used the bricks from Vue for street texture. Would like to find a nice cobblestone texture. Any help appreciated. (b) The "planter": I made it with cylinders and just added a texture from the regular materials. It sucks a bit. I might have a "wall" texture I can use, but I stuck that on there for now. I'm scared the stones in the wall textures I purchased might be too large in scale. If so, is there a way to "shrink" a texture scale? (c) Lamp post texture. All the preset choices I used made it come out too gray or silver. Can I adjust the material in the editor to make it less BLACK? (4) Speaking of the planter in the foreground...is it OK or does is it too "loud"? (5) The carriage. Notice the reflections it has on it. It reflects the street texture in several places. I think it may also be picking up the blue tone from the "park" in the left rear of the picture. And where the driver's legs go...it seems to be reflecting the colors from the building. How can I fix that here? (6) I think I need some sort of curb or sidewalk in front of the buildings but I can't figure out a way to make one that is flat and follows the curve of the buildings. (7) Back to the "park". It's blue in there. I think it may look OK, but do you think it needs more "stuff" back there? I think it may be too dark to show up. Perhaps some tree trunks in the distance? (8) The stars seem too big. You think? Should I darken them a bit? Or make them smaller in some postwork? (9) I have some lights (point) in the buildings, but some seem to show up better than others. I plan on putting Vicky in there (with proper dress) and perhaps a driver. I think the driver needs a tophat. I have a medieval dress I think I can get by with for Vicky. But I don't have much else suitable for a male driver. One of the reasons I'm asking for help is because I don't want to waste any more time on this project if it sucks too much already. I mean, if I can't correct the problems I have cited (and the ones I expect people will tell me about). I have limited techinical ability and will try to fix things but I'm not a genius like so many others. I guess I am asking for a lot...but don't waste a lot of time on me. ANY suggestions and help appreciated. As I said, I'm learning and can't do much of the difficult things. PS: Sorry for the large pic size...just wanted to provide as much detail as possible for those who would like to help.