The hand is actually a full size physical model. i really didn't want to go down the CG route for something that can be created in the real world, but thanks for the offer. the lighting was pretty tricky to get exactly right because of the different light sources. as you can see from the pic this is where the light sources are coming from.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4974/handev6.jpg

The top light source is higher up as you can see by the way the fingers are lit when they should be in the dark if there were only the 1 source. I just had to get it as close as possible with only 1 light source, but i can see i didn't get it quite right. i will probably tweak this shot for the DVD versions but i won't be getting rid of it.

Originally posted by: corellian77
One quick question before ending this post: Ady, will the DVD versions be anamorphic? The thought just occured to me as I realized the XviD is not.

Xvid should never be anamorphic but the DVD's will be