This screaming lab monkey was my first attempt at using VoluMax Pro 7 to help make the painting seem more dimensional as it moves. The yellow zone is the closes to the camera and therefor the lightest. The orange zone is a bit further back, and the violet zone farther back still.
The next step was to darken the area inside the mouth and animate. When this scene moves the snout now seems dimensional and the teeth inside the mouth turn a bit. I liked the effect though it could have been pushed further. I accepted the scene and added it to the final edit and hopefully the next scenes will be even more dimensional.
The one issue I have is that the camera movement is very limited in Volumax PRo . I am hoping I can find a way to export a level with transparency so that it is one piece of a much larger puzzle. I abandoned several Volumax Pro experiments because of the camera limitations. As I learn more I hopeful will get the program to accomplish what I need.