ei dude. wow.. you're from the philippines too huh? do u study maya in class form or independently like myself? if so, where? i'm looking for a good place to study it after finishing up my college degree.

anyway, i've got After Effects 5.5 for compositing. my biggest problem in compositing is getting the angle of the 3d object to match the perspective of the picture. for example if i plan to add a flying ship to a scene, how can i be sure it's turned to the correct angle so as to look "right" in the scene? what makes it even harder is the animation. since the location of the object changes, i have to really make sure that the perspective and lighting is correct. how do i do this?

lighting for still images is easy, since i can modify the shadows and lights in photoshop when i composite. but how about for video?

thanks!