Hey, mmreed, I felt the same way as you when I started up MS 3.0. The book that came with it and the on line helps didn't cover a great many things, from advanced techniques, to basics such as how to add a clip to an existing time line with out everything overlapping (impossible without the help from other through the forum). While the forum is very helpful, it's too bad Sony didn't see fit to provide adequate documentation with MS 3.0. Incidently, I still use Microsoft MM to do some titles. They have built in title animations that Screenblast maybe could do after an hour of fiddling (such as embedding a photo in a newspaper front page, or a drip animation simulating runny paint, etc). Again, too bad MS 3.0 didn't include a bundle of basic title animations, but forces all animation to the time consuming. albiet more versitle, advanced screens. Eats up a lot of time.