Nataliia- thnx, if you do happen upon one of these buggers in a pet store.... I would suggest you turn around and run!!

ad- thnx, I seem to have really clicked with maya, it was very frustrating at first.... but only a few months of 6-8 hours a day and I am fairly comfortable with it.... syill a long way to go! there is so freaking much this program, it seems it wouldbe a lifetime of learning to master.... unless you are Brian E.

Nova-Eagle... Nova was correct, I used image ready... I rendered the ani out as single bmp frames and imported it.

later!