thank you so very much that helps a bunch!  one last thing about lights in the properties area where you can checkmark VISABLE does that mean that if you uncheck that the actual light won't be visible or that it turns off the light outlines off.  when i add extra lights and render the scenes the outlines for the camera renders and I'm not sure how to turn that off

thanks alot mark I have the lights enabled and I see where to manipulate the ring scanner put when I animate it nothing happens I remember seeing a really good video (I think it was Spanish) where the scanner goes across the patient and this wicked blue light spits out of the ring.  Any idea how to achieve this effect? Also when I render my ssene the outlines of the lights can be seen in the render how do I get around that, any help is greatly appreciated Thanks!

well I don't really care if its based off one of those pre-existing characters as long as it looks like my artwork.  I just want a few Original characters that can't be purchased by anyone so that my animations aren't just cookiecutter copy versions of everyone elses does that make sense?