Lisa, if possible please use at least one of these pictures. Captions: LumpWorld Using an Essence texture to provide a lumpy effect, and also to produce the semi-transparent ring, this lo-res image took about 5 minutes to render on an A4000/030. Media Ray tracing is the perfect way to create titles and logos. This Imagine image took over an hour to render on an A4000/030, mainly because of the shadow effect - you judge whether the extra time was worth it. The excellent flagstones were produced by Essence, as in fact, were all the textures - including the wavey blue water background, and eteched bronze effect on the words. Tower Work of art - or pile of rubbish? It took 2 minutes on an Amiga 4000, so it doesn't really matter, does it? Urgh Using one of Imagine's best known objects - the Beethoven bust - and adding a digitised backdrop and an Essence texture will produce some most, erm, 'interesting' results. Imagine this image animated, with the texture crawling over the face... Lisa, please sneak the following text into a box somewhere near these pictures: Essence and Essence II are programs unique to Imagine. They provide a huge collection of procedural textures and physical attributes of incredible quality. Both packages are available from 3D experts Alternative Image and any serious Imagine user should get them immediately - as with the third party "Understanding Imagine 2" book. THE END REALLY!