Hasta La Motion!

This seems like it should be the most simplistic thing to do but I have search for hours and hours with no luck. I’m using Maya 2011 and trying to render this scene WITHOUT the plane itself. I need the shadows from the sphere that appear on the plane and the reflection of the plane color on the chrome sphere. I used the plane for 2 reasons. To generate that shadow and to reflect the color of the jacuzzi top. Using IBL and I know this is probably a dirty way to achieve this effect but I’m still learning and am concerned with bigger issues right now 😉

Thanks!

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Editorial Assistant – contract, London, salary dependent on experience, start date immediate
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Hi , I have a very long hand held camera shot. I am new to tracking in Nuke. When I try to track the shot it says " Insufficient cameras to solve, at least two cameras required ". Can someone help me to figure out what the problem is and how to get a good track for the shot

here is the video

http://youtu.be/LzwFeZFCBug

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