Ok I have about 100 frames left in my animation and it should be done about 6pm cst. Ill post up a link (should only be 2-3megs) Its pretty much my first "project" with carrara. I of course learn lots when I do as opposed to just reading. I do have 2 questions tho: 1) motion blur...how come I can only apply it to objects? I want to be able to just turn it on and set a max blur and have everything blur when the camera moves. Can you do this? This is a fairly small animation I am working on, but I would think that it would be to much work to put blur on each object and then have to animate its effects by hands. Can you do an Adobe Aftereffects type of motion blur where everything blurs accoring to how the camera or the object is moving? 2) Depth of field...Isnt it worthless to have this as a post render effect? Shouldnt it use a depth chart of some sort and blur while it renders..every time I tried this it just made everything out of focus no matter what the settings...anyone have any settings for distance blurry, close in focus? :) Anyway I figure in about 2-3 weeks I will finally have a minium amount of skill to start selling my stuff to buisness around here. I hated carrara at first but now that I am finding every thing its turning out pretty sweet. Much easier to learn then lightwave (IMHO) and much more affordable :) More questions soon...I'll start with these :) -Brent

Brent - Man, Sorry I dont have any answers... But! Good luck on the gigs! -and- I cant wait to see your animation. Please post a link to it when it gets done. Keep on playing! :) Clint