Hi everybody, how you doin'? This image is to say "hello" to all my good friends here: Alvin, Marty, Jimbo, Vali, Vivian, Melania, Rudolf, Carlo, Willem, Madeleine, Melanie, Francoise, Susan, Sue, Minnhea, AgentSmith and... ok, more or less everyone in the Bryce Forum Family. :) It's been quite a while! I'm still without internet connection, but I hope to solve this problem in the near future. I miss you a lot, guys... ;-) ____________ I'm fairly new to Maya, having dropped recently XSI (which I plan to use again in the future, tho) and, before that, Cinema4D and, before before that, Bryce. This is mostly an experiment with various render settings [raytraced shadows vs. depthmap ones] and moving my first steps in HyperShade to explore various shaders. Any tips and critics are more more than welcome. A big kiss to all the friends I left here last Autumn. I'll be back as soon as I can! :) Have a wonderful day, Stefano