i just tried that, but since it is a realflow mesh, there are no translation properties on the face i duplicate so the camera remains stationary.

I imported my mesh of a simple drop of water splashing into a pool. wondering how I can constrain a camera so that it follows the drop -- so that the drop is centered with the Film Origin of the...

Here's the file, thanks for any help!

http://download.yousendit.com/995D9CF85C981643

The textures are 2d based.. not sure what 3d based textures are really..? Would love an explanation.

I tried Freezing transformations, which didn't work, but thanks for the response. I also tried...

Modelled with simple poly's with color, specular, & displacement maps. The more I scale down my object the fatter and more distorted it gets.

Maybe it's because the stool comes from a tutorial...

Maya 2008, dual 2.2ghz 4gb ram winxp64. Simply trying to scale down my stool.

Right: The Original stool at full size works fine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/adevejian/stool_01.jpg
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