Computer Animation Arts

I just noticed Phil made a post to remind you guys to back up your work. My advice: It's EVIDENT that you keep copies of your files of different stages of progress. Like this: character_model_1_(base) character_model_2_(hands_added) character_model_3_(hands_combined_with_body) and so on. Do it. Maya (or you) will always screw up at some point and you'll be extremely happy to have an older version of your file to roll back to. If also helps you recycle some stuff for future models. Here's a little free tool for us windows users made by some called "Dimio". (On website, scroll down) DSynchronize Website It lets you set up source & destination paths and copies the most recent files to a directory of your choice. Very basic, very handy. Best copy to at least one external harddrive every day before shutting down. If you lose your files, it's your fault. Note on the side: Since I started using PC's over 10 years ago, 4 harddrives have died for no reason, in...