Yes I did do that in the end, thanks :)

Just a quick question that I can't figure out. I'm batch rendering an ainmation as an AVI (cinepak compression). The project is set to film(24fps), the animation preferences are set to 24fps but...

I am creating a short and simple animation involving a Bee as the main character

I'm not quite sure the best way to go about modelling the mouth. Baring in mind I'm a newbie and this is a newbie...

I've created a landscape scene where I've painted (quite a lot of) grass and a few trees. Is it best to leave it as paint for rendering or is it best to convert the paint to poly?

So far I tried...

Thanks a lot :) I need to ask another question but I'll out it in another thread..

Thanks again
Mike

Erm, yes I've created a poly mesh bee but there is no need for a skeleton for my purpose as it's not a human-type bee as such. They are simple semi-transparent wings that just need to flap up and...

I'm relatively new to Maya so haven't delved into MEL yet. I did manage to do it though. Here is what I did:

I set the wings in their starting position and set a keyframe. Next I positioned each...

I've created a cartoon Bee in Maya 8.5 but I need to animate the wings independently from the Bees movements and at a rapid rate (say 5 times per second). How would I do it? The timeline is in...