"The second reason why I believe that bryce artists generally do more in post is because we have to be creative with our rendering methods to begin with... when was the last time someone using Vray had to contemplate how to get dome lighting just right to balance with the shadowing elements while not washing out the image and exploding render time... they have the ability to click (render this with GI and make it look purty)" I see what you mean there. Although even real GI is a little more complex than just clicking a button (hehe). I've seen some very poor true GI renders that get blown away by the fake ones. hehe. Good points though, and that's on par with what I was thinking myself too.

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