"I hadn't realized that the 3D community valued "purity of render" Of course they do - look at most of the contests on other sites int he 3D areas and the majority of them will specify "no post work" in the rules. The issue is what can you make the renderer do. A free for all contest that allows images with 99% postwork do exist - they are called 2D art contests :) "The problem with "purity of render" for us is that Poser's lighting and render engine aren't great. So even if we got very good at it, I suspect it wouldn't measure up." Not really - in fact when handled well Firefly is a damn good renderer (though it would loose to Mental Ray et al) that is perfectly capable of competing in such contests if the subject and composure are compelling enough.