Someone in one of the early Shade threads linked to a render on the Shade site that is stunning. I like photorealism in 3D and previously, I thought Cinema4D produced the best results I'd seen. I have to say, Shade's results look just as good and possibly better. They will have to work to break into the market here but with Poser integration, decent modeling tools and a low price, they can be a valuable part of the package. I hope that (the whole package) is the way they're looking at it. People have already used Poser to do relatively simple stuff for TV. I don't see why "the package" wouldn't be a compelling alternative to Maya, etc. for low budget film and TV work. Maybe they will discard FireFly and integrate the Shade renderer with Poser for a start. who knows. Unfortunately, Poser's wayward history doesn't seem to bode well for great decision making though.

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