I'm wanting to get into FLY!II aircraft and panel development. It appears to me that most of the good ones we see are done using Photoshop and 3D studio. The cost of these programs are outragous, geared toward commercial use.Photoshop 7.0 =$605 retail3D studio = $3,300 retailI might be able to get photoshop (educational version) for $200. Not sure if 3D studio has an educational version out there.Would anybody make any suggestions on obtaining such software or an alternative? I have looked at ebay, yet auctioning can get expensive too. Is there anybody or anyplace that sells older (several years old) versions of such software or any other software alternatives?Any advice would be appreciated.Thank You.CB :-hang

Hi BobThis might not help much but there is a freeware 3D program.It's quite old but it looks good.Take a look:http://www.pcplus.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8556Take careMike

Thanks Mikk, I appreciate it.I went ahead and purchased 3d Studio Max 4 on ebay for $199, retail is $3500.. pretty good deal.. I can't wait to get my hands on it... heheheh:-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab :-bluegrab

WOW! Sounds like a bargain. Let's hope that we will see some nice panels/planes coming from you. Good Luck!Mike