If its crashing MID STREAM... make sure you are saving out to individual frames... Then, when it crashes, simply restart at the frame you left of with... The numbering will stay intact..
In all reality... animations are better left for ArtLANTIS.. but I'm guessing as a "student" maybe that's not an option...
Duane
Visual Frontiers
AC25 :|: AC26 :|: AC27
:|: Enscape3.4:|:TwinMotion
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