An update:
I'm in the process of "taking apart" Gil's 2019 video. There is so much information in there. A lot of it goes right past you until you are trying to do something within the program (3D) and then you go back and there it is.
Three things I don't understand.
1. Click and hold the mouse button (left), and you can rotate, slide and spin the whole thing.
Click and hold the mouse wheel, and you can change your view from lower to higher, and move the stage from left to right, but no spin. What is this second function called? Why the two different methods?
2. Is there anyway to "group" different props for movement? I can individually select, and I can select multiples with the drag. What I want to do is to click on the group and they stay together. I have several props that are "teamed together", such as a megatree (x6) and its star/spinner. Another would be the 16 members of the Singing Christmas Tree (16 Boscoyo Chromabulbs in the shape of a tree). Getting them together in 3D is really a challenge if there is another prop behind.
In 2D, if you miss one during the selection, this isn't a big thing. Select, drag and drop. In 3D, if something gets left behind (dropped out of the group, or missed during the selection) then it is a real bear to try to get the missing item back in line with the rest.
Edit: I went back and created a group for each of the trees with stars. (1 tree, 1 star per group.)
Selecting this "group", I got the two parts to work together. The trick was to once it was selected, Ctrl-Click on one of the members called up the move handles. Before this, none. :|
The same worked with multiples such as the Singing Christmas Tree. Select it from the list, then Ctrl-Click on one of the group to get the handles.
3. Something you may want to reinforce is the fact that if a prop is locked, no matter what you do in either 2D or 3D, nothing will happen to that prop. In my case, I lock the whole thing. Didn't even hit me that the 3D selection was all red. This also made it nearly impossible to find the "handles" to try to do anything. Lesson learned.
So far I still have most of my hair. Then again, there is always tomorrow.
