Hi Stewer! This comes at an opportune time for me, I was about to buy C4D. Does the middle version of Shade have all three algorithms? In other words, radiosity for diffuse to diffuse transfer, photon mapping for caustics, and a basic GI setup? If so, 150 US is a steal. In your opinion, how does Shade 7 then compare to C4D? I know C4D has no auto Poser import (no commercial one anyway), so that's not quite as good as Shade 7 from an immediate usability standpoint. If it renders just as well, with maybe exception of the subsurface scattering then I'm thinking Shade is hands down the way to go.