Well, after all the discussion I thought I would be crazy not to buy one as well. I tested the trial, and it's fine on this old machine I'm on. I also customized a material to make sure it was easy to do. (it was pretty brainless). I think I might even be motivated again to do some modeling instead of just thinking about it. Does anyone know anything about decals with this program? Can I take a 2d picture and position it on top of an existing texture, or is a decal just a texture?