Hi Robert. Never thought E-on would hire you to do their dirty work. Well, i know what you can crank up in Vue, and im always impressed, but you can probably understand, when i disagree about most of the things here. Yeah, i use a lot of postwork in some images to save time, im not a purist, but very far from 80%. An image like that, wouldnt be posted in the Bryce gallery at all. You cant be a magician with the postwork, the scene with the proper base lighting must already be there, unless you want to re-draw the entire image by hand/change all shadows etc etc. Check out Traffic here as an example. An early render and the final image. So on most images, the postwork only contains of some light/color work. Nothing you could call cheating, especially now, when some of the things i do in Photoshop, can be made directly in Vue. After having the opportunity to betatest Vue5, i can safely say that its not for me. I didnt even finish up the test period. Theres nothing wrong with the program, but for me, it was simply unworkable, with far to awkward controls for my taste. The Bryce interface IMO, works far better, and im not the least limited by the app. This is naturally all about personal liking, but i would choose Bryce5 any day. Still love your scenes though. :)

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com