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well you set it per model. but I think it'd still be much easier to erase 12 frames, then go over the same 3 frames 8 times tweaking a bone so that a knee doesn't go out the back of his leg two feet or straight up to his hip, or out to the side ten feet. then getting it so the bend in the back of the leg doesn't bend like rubber, or like his leg didn't suddenly atrophy like he was mummified from the knee down.

but I wager your right, the timeframe will even out over time. but I think the big difficulty killer between the two is leeway.

like a 2d squirrel. you draw his outline, and give him the detail that you need for 2d, which honestly isn't all that much. some shading effects. similar to the Beast in beauty and the beast.

in 3d, you have to make the fur look like fur. that big poofy squirrel tail has to look fluffy and poofy. if you watched the Shrek extra, they mention that on Donkey, one miskey turned him into a huge puffball that made it look like his fur was statically charged.

the point of using the Beast was that his color seperation was around specific areas. his eyes, a few places on his neck, hands (pads), muzzle...and even then, it was color seperation(and shading).

take the Beast, make him 3d. now picture the scene where he's fighting say...the wolves to rescue bell.

in 2d almost all of the movement or weather effect on his fur is done entirely with shading, or the manipulation of the 'outline' of the fur, the edges. it comes off damn nice, and rather excitingly believable. you can suspend disbelief easily and believe the wind is blowing through fur and the animals are biting into fur covered flesh and such.

in 3d, the wind effects in the fight, and the wind was blowing, evidenced by Bell's hair and the snowfall. that wind has to actually move fur in a 3d enviroment. the snow actually has to coat and stick like it would on real fur. the wolf he grabs and roars at, the fur on it would actually have to move as if the air coming from his mouth was there.

the reason for all the added detail is that in 3d, people expect a bit more realism than in 2d.

same in those like Cars. in 2d, the 'Cachow' that Mcqueen does can be done by a little radiance on the sticker and the other character squinting. but in 3d, you have to have that lens flare effect there to make it work right.

I know. though...I would love to see them do a 3d Fantasia. Night on Bald Mountain would look so badass I imagine.

heh lucky you smile

my stuff was all stored on Hds. one bad eletrical storm at the wrong time could be really bad heh.

though now I got Lightwave 9 on the comp, but I have to relearn how to use it due to the differences between version 9 and the 6.5 version I used last.

nighters to you. and don't forget you got lab charries you can play with if you feel the need and haven't woken up Robin yet razz

*cookies for Jase* Family vacations aren't that bad. I'm sure Post Goddess will let you choose something nice from the catalog to compensate for your pain.

I just got home from the rocky mountains.

for trip highlights, I've now been to Chimney Rock, and I've been to cliffgrabbers or something dome. for movie buffs, Chimney rock area was used in filming the Last Mohican, Lake Lure, which we passed through on the way there, was the site for the film Dirty Dancing.

for animal sightings, I have now stood and stared directly into the eyes of an 8 point whitetail buck at no more than 15 feet from me. seen doe, and fawns. seen chimpmunks, woodchucks, and wild turkey.

seen graves of civil war soldiers, and the grave of one revolutionary war soldier.

I've held the Buster Sword, and the Masamune, and a full scale replica of the Zelda master sword and shield. and squall's gunblade, and Ichigo and Renji's swords in released form from Bleach.

went to Ripley's Believe it or Not museum. I now how they make shrunken heads now, among other things.

But I'm back now smile

I have no idea.

I never thought deer dangerous looking.