sigh,thats how amateur I am, Ive never heard of rotoshaping, or compositing, and i didnt know what motion capture extension was but having looked into it, im pretty sure i cant do it on my ple version of maya. im doing a 3d animation course at college soon, only 10 hours, but im hoping that might put me in touch with some like minded people who can teach me some things. Its so frustrating and hard to learn and take in everything just self-teaching from books and video tutorials