OK, so I started using Houdini (at work). Quite an impressive piece of software!! My boss is most probably gonna be reading this... so I have only the bestest of the bestest words about Houdini :D:D:D Last night I felt like doing some improvisation s*** to have some (more) fun with my new toy (and maybe discover new bugs - or, well, I mean, new wonderful things that just work and make my day a bliss :D:D:D ). Not much time spent... especially ummm... in the shading area... hehehe.