James Thanks for the suggestions. > To make text look like metal other than cutting and pasting each > letter by hand? You could try Boris. You could look at LiveType. You could (presuming that you want the letters to move independently) arrange the metallic letters in layers in Photoshop and the would import as each a track in FCP. You could try LightWave. Or After Effects. Lynn ................................... Producer of the eerie action thriller "Search Dog's Raven" (SearchDogsRaven.com) ...Any search can turn deadly, as a young woman and her wilderness search dog are lured down a dangerous trail...