hskirk

Hi! Okay, so I recently graduated with a degree in animation and would like to start up my own animation business here. However, I wanted to know a few things about the avatar mesh and which programs to use. Currently I use Maya to animate rigs, but it seems the hardest as far as importing in your mesh. Is there a detailed link on how to animate in Maya for Second Life? Also, it seems like if I want to move the avatar's hips (been testing it in a couple of different programs), it moves the whole body. Are poses such as popping your hip out not available? My last question is I can't seem to animate the fingers. Now from watching animation videos, it seems you don't animate the fingers at all. I am guessing you can do it in world? Just want to make sure because if I want to actually make it look like they are grasping something, a fist, etc. is possible in here. Thanks!