Quote - 90% of photorealism goes into textures and light. If you want to seriously go into photorealism in any 3D application, I suggest you invest in some books about texturing and lighting. Start with this one - it has become my bible for a long time. There are other books out there but I always come back to that one.

Sounds like an awesome book... Is it specific to any application (ie: does the text and examples lean more to Lightwave, Bryce, or some other app)...

Thanks muchly....