Yeah, Maxwell can produce great results, but thats with the beta version. Unfortunatly its also the slowest renderer in the known universe. In order to speed things up, they have been forced to rebuild the core from scratch, and i seriously doubt we will see a working release in a near future. I also have a feeling that by the time they are done, Vray and other renderers will be able to produce renders with similar results. As with the studio, its probably great if you want to render a chair or some shiny spheres, but its totally useless for anything more complex. Lets just say that you have a scene with 100 million polys divided into 3000 objects. First youll have to export the thing to studio, learn the damn thing(even camera movement require a tutorial), and texture everything inside studio. Now, to add some more fun, lets say a client want some changes regarding the models. Then youll have to go back to your primary 3D program, do the changes, export the thing again, and re-texture everything once more. Nice workflow...not time consuming at all... :)

Rudolf Herczog
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