Well, I'm in the process of reading the vegas and DVD architect manuals. Sometimes these things don't hit you straight away or are not to clear. I dare say in time I will figure it out but some of you guys on here are very clever and can sometimes save us novice types alot of time. I personally find the rendering options, codecs and file types a bit bewildering at the moment! Editing and manipulating video I find quite simple but it is a pain in the butt when you wait hours rendering just to find out something was not set right.