Thanks Chipp

The exporting and then importing sounds like the quickest way to get what I'm looking for.

And I promise to capitalize my letters, cross my tees and dot my eyes too. And to never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever  ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever end my sentences with a preposition.

Thanks again.

Shane aka The "In" Guy

Are you using the xStream plug in to bring your maya objects into Vue 5?? can you import them without the xStream plug-in?

Shane

hey buddy

i dabble in a spectrum of design. i do ads, animation, promo films, web design, etc. i have my first real 3D freelance gig coming up too, im pretty excited about it. anyhow, i sometimes charge a flat fee but feel most compensated when i charge by the hour. i dont think im hotsh*t so i dont charge a huge hourly wage. if i was awesome and i could get a webpage done in a day i might charge $50 - $60 an hour, but i find i spend alot of time troubleshooting my design, referencing books or the web for tips, basically learning, and i dont think it fair to charge customer for that, so taking that into consideration i usually charge $15 - $25 an hour, assuming a part of every hour will actually be dedicated to their project and part of it will be allocated for my own education.

another factor is, are you doing it for a big company that has money and will just use the check they right to you as a tax right off, or is it for some girl that works down at the coffee shop that you want to bone? i do some ad work every month for a bar i drink at, i charge em $40 bucks a month, sometimes its three ads in a month sometimes its one. i have this other guy who owns a party planning/catering empire. i charge him like $25 - $40 bucks an hour for different things. quite simply, he's got the cash.

i feel quilty and awkward sometimes when it comes to the payment.  good luck with it. i'm sure after a few gigs you'll come into your own idea of what kind of compensation you want/need.

shane