I got it figured out...turns out I didn't render the right camera...geesh!

Now...as to what you are saying...I am afraid I am not quite understanding. How do you add things in post production?
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Okay...wasn't the answer...when I render one frame, the background is the colour I chose...but when I batch render, it is still black...any ideas?

That was the answer...don't know why I couldn't find it...anyway, works perfectly.

Cheers

I want to animate a character, but without any background...when I do my batch render, the background defaults to black.

How can I change the background colour...and can you use a gradient?

Any...

I have a character ready to go...sekeleton works perfect, and if he is standing still, I can animate to my hearst content. BUT...when I go to move the charater across the screen, or change his...

That worked perfectly. Don't know how that got changed, but it is back to normal now.

Cheers

tried the advice here, but that isn't the issue.

When I open Maya, it is washed out grey...I have to zoom in so I can see my grid.

When I open it, the grid is not visible, but once I zoom...

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I don't know what happened to my program, but when I start a new scene now, there is a grey field in there that hides my grid...

when I close in on an object, I get to see it, but by default it is...

mtmckinley...thanks for all of your help.

The UV tut on your website rocks. It opened my eyes on all of it.

Still having probs with the head I did, but I think I may have missed a step or...