" All in all, it's really obvious Poser can't achieve realism. I mean, just look at this rediculous attempt. All this talk about GI, HDRI, Radiosity, Bounce Lighting, Subsurface scattering!!!! Shrek 2 is the first movie to use GI in a significant number of shots (80%). And they didn't even attempt realism." The reason it wasn't used before is because it was too expensive for the FX studios to render GI. Nowadays, it's much faster than it was even a year ago, so it's definitely a viable option now. Also, about that picture you posted, is that from the Mec4D website? If so, can you be absolutely sure it was rendered in Poser? I'm pretty sure Cath works with other programs as well. Anyway, just asking.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.