Attached Link: http://members.tripod.com/brenthomer/anime1.avi

Ok I want to say that I am very dissappointed about having to animate motion blur by object and by hand...That has to be a HUGE killing blow to the stuff I would like to start doing for my clients. I guess I can do a work around by running it thru after effects with a "light burst" plug in but that is less then ideal. There has to be a way to make this work. I guess technically I could save my scene and then relight it all in lightwave and render it at work but I hate lightwave. BUT - enough crying for now. Here is my first ever animation/project..its very simple and I prob should have taken more time to set it up, but like all newbies, I want it now!!! :) Things I noticed: 1) I saw on the Carrara mailing list someone posted a water tutorial yesterday..I should have checked it out. My water hardly moves at all, but I guess thats why I made this animation..to see how things work. 2) Tweening: I never noticed it until I saw it in the manual while rendering frame 100 of 335...to bad, but I know for next time :) 3) The fog...you'll see it :) lol, I need to know why when I put it on land it wont render, but when I dragged it away it was fine? Its been killing me trying to make it work correctly. 4)Rendering options. Next time ill do the light transparncy stuff, and I plan on trying one with the raytracer instead of the hybrid render. I plan on animating more elements like the sky. As it stands its a post apoctayptic movie :) My next project will be a nice scene and the sky animating from day to night then back to day. I have to get a feel for how it animates the overall scene. I will say to those who are thinking about doing animations...just do it..you'll make tons of errors but the payoff is awesome! There is a MAJOR shortage of talent in the video industry in 3d. This animation may be simple but with a few more lights, nicer moving water, and the main subjectreplaced with a logo, this could animation could be 1k in my pocket :) The video industry isnt as picky as people make it out to be..you just need to know the right people :) Well off to work and off to figure out how to animate motion blur more efficently :) PS..its a cinpac avi (works on mac & pc..just checked at work) and its about 4megs...good luck and let me know what you think (considering what I said above :)

Very very cool. Very nice for your first. It would be great if you would keep us updated on new animations you are working on. I like animations a lot. Talk with ya soon. Clint

Hey, Brent - I'm anxious to see your animation but couldn't get it to download; maybe Tripod is jammed, eh? I'll try again later. But I wanted to ask you about the Light Burst plug-in for AE.... I don't know it; what exactly does it do and where can I get it? (I'm working with AE 3.1 Production Bundle....) Thanks! - Chip

What it does is streak out picture in a VERY convicing manor...its adjustible and it vibrates a bit so everything blends together very cool. Imagine star wars hyperspace jump sequence on video. You can adjust the length of the cast so you can control the look. Let me look at work today for a spot I did last summer with it...Ill try and post it up. I dont know whats up with tripod tho. Last night about 5 people downloaded it fine...keep trying :)

Cool. Thanks. I've tried on three different machines and connections and still can't get the file to open.... Hmmm. I'll keep trying. I'd love to see this Light Burst filter.... It's not in the version of AE I'm working with; must be aftermarket?