Thanks for the info 4140HT. I've seen some amazing POVRay output - It's definitely capable of some high quality results. It all depends on how much time and energy (as always) you want to invest. Frankly, though I'm a programmer, I really don't want to have to learn what is in effect a programming language to do a render. I'm afraid I've become addicted to the visual IDE approach. There's always going to be a learning curve to mastering the power of something like POVRay but... I should (chuckle) be able to light an interior scene by specifying that the lamp on the table has a 100 watt GE SoftWhite bulb, the paint on the walls is semi-gloss latex, etc. and have the software pull up the relevant data on color temperature, surface reflectivity, etc. withoug having to enter everything manually. Of course, I want it to cost no more than $29.95 and render in less than 30 seconds too :-)

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