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Welcome Rod,  I hope you find it enjoyable. 

[Next Steps for Mesh Import]

And heres another handy tool for capturing those pesky animations with out the use of pingpong balls and a rave costume.  http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/12/videomocap-creates-3d-animation-from-any-2d-clip-video/

See life is getting easier for the masses. There are enough new tools on this forum to keep everybody busy for at least the next year.

Enjoy.

[Next Steps for Mesh Import]

I'm so looking forward to this as I want to try out another program thats in dev at the moment.  Videotrace

Hopefully this will assist even those that haven't moved on from prims make the transition easier.