"I'm sorry if allthese changes are not ok for everybody. Honneslty, I prefer less people, but passionate people than just "clic&drag&render ooh I'm an artist"..."
I thought it was import&pose&render.
But the Vicki and Michael followers seem to be everywhere, or it is the abstract texture makers that are taking over the world. For myself, not even Shorty can scare me away from checking in time to time. Just long work hours and many resposibilities at home that do not allow for much else. I have tried to get my head around the Hex theory and interface without success. I finally broke down and purchased the XSI foundation package. I like the interface much better, and it has many wonderful tutorials that I can grasp which some would say are simple tuts. Personally I like the Digital Tutors series for XSI, that is why I have been silent trying to get through some tuts and get back to modeling. Sorry to hear that others are leaving, but they will always be friends.
P.S. Even Shorty