Ok, I'll bake the animation. And where do I send the file?

Honestdom: yes it has thickness, and refer back to my second post about the lighting.

First off, thanks for responding! I really appreciate it.

-Joverall22: Yes this is in mental ray, and no, I don't have any noise or blur attributed to that material. Bottom left is a splash...

hey guys.... very new to this forum. I'm kinda stuck with a problem that neither my teacher nor anyone else i have talked to seems to know how to fix. I'm working with caustic photons and...