thanks, Daniel-
yes I'd tried @RetinoProc, but not much and now I'll try again with newfound knowledge. it seems to do a lot, however. my idea was to specify most of the preprocessing with afni_proc and then pick up with the Retino stuff where it leaves off (e.g. I've been inputting pb*.scale* files into 3dRetinoPhase). do you foresee any problems with this approach? i predict the answer is "depends on what you want to do"
-Sam