Yeah it is strange bird... If you can clarify what is confusing/hard that would be helpful Although Blender is free they sell books to help support it. Check the main site. A new one in the works looks like it should be the clearest one yet. I imagine a lot of people would like a good CD/DVD by a Blender guru to show the rhythm of using it. I would. Perhaps one is already in the works in France or Netherlands.. There are quite a number of website tutorials out there, including pretty well illustrated ones. The problem with Blender learning curve is that it is quite unique [for better and for worse]. It's interface is an odd combination of interactive contextual and postfix design logic. {Maybe its a Dutch game things I don't know.} Blender is designed to be used with two hands - one on the mouse and the other on the hotkeys [keyboard] and your minds eye on the screen. Everyone recommends a 3 button [scrolling] mouse. Context changes everything in Blender so where the mouse is determines hotkey function. Than means tutorials have to use a lot of words where really one needs dynamic illustration. Flash or some such to explain with rollovers highlight what is relevant. I describe it as 'Postfix' also because essential operation like selection and action seem to be in a counter-intuitive sequence to many other softwares. Blender is sort of like Forth meets Modality-zilla. I'll post some more sites later, but here are a few for starters: Slide show tutorial with annotation covers UI basics http://blendedmind.i8.com/tutorials.html#tutorials Blender Hot Keys http://members.chello.nl/j.kassenaar/blender/hotkeys/index.htm http://www.crosseyedmedia.com/0_a_px800/tutorials.html good luck - Jason