bagginsbill thank you for giving me a logical starting point!

While I understand your use of food to explain the learning process, I must tell you that I'm quite a good cook :)  and I can tell what something will taste like just from the smell of it. I rarely taste things when I'm cooking because I have such a keen sense of smell that I can pick up the subtle notes of flavour and know from that. You can also put out a host of baking related products in front of me and I can whip up a fabulous dessert :)  How do I know how to do that?  I can't really say because I don't know myself. I've never "studied" cooking.  It's something that has always been natural to me and because I know how things taste individually I know how they will taste when combined with other things.  Which I believe is what you are trying to say about the individual nodes.  See how each one works alone and learn all that I can about how they work alone, before trying them in combination with another node.

Don't run far because I'm not finished picking your brain about this yet,  LOL My 2006 New Years resolution regarding Poser 6 was to learn lights and I managed to fulfill that one and have been making my own lights. I'll make 2007 the year I learn the material room more fully...only I'll start earlier than the end of the year because I think it's going to take longer than 12 months,  LOL

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi