Figuring this stuff out is apparently a challenge regardless of the toolset. Here are a couple of threads in other forums where people are dutifully Googling for tutorials, reading manuals, and so on, and yet still coming up blank or confused:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthre...ight=kinematic http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthre...ight=kinematic
Again, I would seriously appreciate any suggestions.
- Tell me to buy a particular book. Your book, whoever you are, if you happened to write a good one!
- Or maybe I should subscribe to some site so I can buy permium service things.
- I'd pay for access to Mark Bremmer's tutorials, but he sez his are too basic.
My Maya experience is 3 years old and under 5.0 PLE, so much of what I know is, um, stale at best. All I have to work with right now is Carrara. We have a copy of Maya for the film, but I'm licensed only for Carrara.
The fate of an independent film is at stake!
Ok, it's not that bad, but we really want this to look as good as the non-CG stuff.