In order to use video footage inside of Maya you need to convert your video to an image sequence first. The process is simple if you know how. In this tutorial by Stuart Christensen, you will convert a .MOV or .AVI file into an image sequence using MPEGstreamclip, an amazing, free, "must have" application for doing stuff like this. After you create the image sequence you can easily attach it to a Lambert Shader as an image sequence. Imagine the possibilities! STU