Hey all, below will be tips and bits of help for anyone involved in the FX CHALLENGES.

I will post these tidbits of group-help when I see that more than one person is having the same issue, AND/OR something that will help everyone involved

This first one is about how to render your Maya shot out using the Render Layers feature, to make compositing and the overall post process easier:
RENDER LAYERS VIDEO FROM ALIAS (rip)