I agree that Maya's learning curve is a bit daunting. I'm too much of a generalist to make the commitment. 

Sounds like C4D is worth looking into. I'll download the demo today.

Thanks for your suggestions. 

  I only speak tourist French, but seemed to get what he was saying. Great resource, thanks for the connect Bruno. 

I get what you're saying Thelby, there does seem to be a lot of support for Maya based production chains. Lightwave is a lot easier to use, but Maya has the high-end mind share.

Thanks for the input guys.

Ambient background movement!!!!! Just a matched set of people talking, walking, sitting, chatting etc. Not everyone is a star. I'll be your first customer. ScottBill