Thanks for the inspection, bruno021.

I agree that the top one is too dark. For me, the top (latest) test works best, but just needs more Radiosity gain after turning on the "Indirect skylighting".

It's the old story - "final renders" are never final, but can almost always be improved. Too bad it takes overnight to find out and try again.

I'm moving on to other tutorials now :o)

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