Frank > I read your post earlier today and it's been cracking me up ever since. I guess this was a mini-tutorial disguised as a challenge for you. I'm glad I could help expand your horizons. You need to wean yourself off of that 'black and white' vision thing and start playing with at least the 254 shades of gray in between. In another decade or two maybe we can convince you to start throwing a bit of color into your mix. Oh, and if you've been around TG for a while and read a few of my other posts you'll know that I'm a big, big fan of the Clipview tool.

On the other hand, I've seen some splendid bottle caps that were done using only 'black and white'. That said, I'd like to see a submission or two from you for this challenge.

Nancy > This is, hopefully, something relatively easy that everyone, new users to seasoned Xtreme-ists', can do. When you get stuck at something in one of your amazingly realistic and complex scenes you can take a break and relax with a simple task. I look forward to your bottle cap(s). I know they'll be great.