That is pretty sad. No, really. Those programs cost a lot for a reason. They are complex, and immensley powerful. The uncle of a friend of mine is an animator at Pixar studios in Emeryville, CA, and he is like a 3D animation Master, but he spent YEARS learning to do that stuff. Programs like Maya are not meant to be used by people who aren't dedicated to learning the program. When you decide that you truly want to dedicate yourself to learning something like Photoshop and Bryce and programs of that sort, that is when you save up the money to buy the program. And if you truly are dedicated to spending the time to figure it out, then the purchase will have been worthwhile.

Maybe not lonely, DavidK, but definitely in need of some direction. Perhaps one of our calmer members would be willing to email them and share the reasons why warez is not the way to go.