might i also add michael works very hard to make it work through the foums with his quick responses and responses for help

I was soooo happy to be able to pay for this. Michael is doing an outstanding job creating and supporting a superior application. If you cannot afford it...get a RL job.

Also, Blender is a very powerful application and there are excellent video tutorials that cover the interface and work flow.

I really appreciate everyone's support. I don't think this needs to be discussed any more here, so I'm going to close this thread.

- Michael