Hi Don, well what I am saying is place the character in empty space and I guess set up a walk path. I tried that earlier but it just appears that my character is just walking in place in the straight ahead view, not advancing forward. Would this be a matter of adjusting camera?

I would create path, animate the prop using the path, make the bg a solid color and then of course save it in avi format. After that use an avi editor and blend it with another movie backdrop. But an example would be perhaps a person exiting out of a building and walking down a sidewalk until the go off the screen right to left etc.

This does not have to be honed to perfection yet, just to dabble. So I dont plan spending a bunch of money on pricey programs for a 5 second video :)