I agree with shred300, Cheers, and MightyPete. There are inherent limitations with any 3d rendering program, whether it's Vue, Bryce, Poser, or pricier alternatives. I use postwork sparingly, most of the time, to clean up joint bends on Poser figures, or to add a bit to the hair. I also sometimes do some level adjustment, tweak lighting, or crop in PS6/PSP7. I don't personally care for the constant overuse of gaussian blur and some other lighting stuff, because too often it overpowers the image itself. But I don't think just because one uses PS, for example, to enhance your render, it's "evil". My late father, who passed away in October, was an artist; degree from Art Institute of Chicago, the whole shebang. He drew, painted, sculpted, worked in stained glass, cast metal, all sorts of things. And he would sometimes combine metal with plaster or glass, found objects with cast metal, would do collages of all kinds. His philosophy was 'whatever helps you to get your art where you want it to be'. If you're a "purist", and only take your render straight out of the engine, so to speak, and post it...that's great. If you can figure out how to do some of the stuff just in Vue that I haven't learned yet, that's great too. But as I respect your work and accomplishments with the tool(s) you use, I ask for the same respect in return. And I disagree quite strongly that anyone who is not a "purist" in their given program should be booted out and into a different forum or gallery.

Sgiathalaich