Thanks to A:M's extensive quick-rendering options for previewing animation/lighting/etc plus the incredibly powerful spline system - allowing for low-res, real-time manipulable objects - the clean-up animation and final render cycle is going beautifully!

Pretty much all problems were effectively ironed out of each shot before committing to time-costly renders - and that has saved us at least a hundred dollars in Aleve-treatable headaches.

We are officially halfway through the last render pass.

Woo-hoo!

Is there any better gauge to success than progress? (rhetorical question)

Congrats Jesse!

Yay!

Yes, a Day Off. I am dying for Christmas Break.