Thanks. I'm still at Maya 101. I will have to start learning more about what you suggested. I am using Lynda.com for now. I will dig deeper.

I want to start out doing 3d animation for the sciences. I work for a school and we are into Nano Technology big time.

I also want to get into cartooning 3d animation.

Thanks for your help. Do...

Chirone thank you.
So I can create a scene with a background and foreground and objects, however I have to animate them all on the same timeline and use different keyframes on that same timeline?
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Hello,

I am currently learning Maya. It's quite a learning curve.
How much different is Maya from Flash when it comes to animation? Both use keyframes. Can I only do one keyframes animation at a...