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Nice work Steve, I'm going to try and make some test renders when I get the time.

Here's a problem I have; when working on a texture in photoshop, every time I save it and want to see the updated texture on my model in Anim8or, I have to trawl through the material editor - surface texture editor - texture selector - delete the existing texture - then load the updated one. Having to do with every couple of minutes or so really slows down work-flow.
So I was wondering if there could be feature which reloads textures either in real-time or periodically or failing that, at least a button on any of the main tool bars which reloaded textures. What do you think Steve?

I'd really find it useful if you could choose to use the inverse square rule on local lights.

Also, a render-to-texture feature would be good too (I know that one's a lot to ask, but maybe some day?).

Here is a good video of Ben Mathis modeling a gun. It's in 3Ds Max but modeling principles are the same with every 3D program so it should be useful.

This is good for only your 4th model. Looks like there are some smooth edges that could be made sharper, like the wheel arches. Beveling the edges would probably fix that.

So sometimes I write a To Do list in the Project Info window. A while later I go back to work on the project and sometimes I forget that I ever wrote anything there. I was wondering if maybe there could be an option per file which made the Project Info window pop up upon opening the file. Another program I've seen this used in is FL Studio, and I find it really useful when making complex music in that program.

To make the render look more realistic, adding a weak red local light behind him where his shadow is would make it look like some light is passing through his translucent body.