190 years ago they did trick painting like putting a cylindrical mirror in the middle of the canvas, then painting a picture using the mirror. The thing looked like a Photoshop filter until you put the mirror back..;) 'bout as close as they got. Unless you count camera obscura's..;) but there the render was at the speed of light..;)

I'm a broke mofo, and I have an Athelon 2k, Asis system board, 512 meg memory, a 40 and an 80gig drive, and Poser 5. 4 didn't break a sweat doing renders, but 5 is touchy. I've learned never to use an injection after I've loaded Vickie's face expressions (about 2 minutes of timing out per dial..;), and don't hit the 'do you want to save' button until it's ready. 5 blows up more than 4 or Bryce does, but it makes up for better renders..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)