Dumped version 6 a week after I got 7........ combined the runtimes, moved out a lot of products rarely used and forgot about 6. It crashed too often on my Mac to enjoy using it. I have 6 on an external backup hd but not missed it once. On the quality issue I ALWAYS export my rendered images in tiff format..... yes I do a lot of postwork but it's not to fix the quality of the render. I usually render out at roughly 2000x2000 and 300dpi. I also only use jpg to save ( save for web) a copy to upload other than that I keep my images as tiff or psd format. A jpg loses quality every time it is opened ,or so I was told when I first got into cg. Whatever, I rarely use it , certainly not as a working mode for Poser or Vue . I also lower the texture filtering in the render settings window down to about .02 . I did it once following someones tute settings on getting a reflective floor prop to work and liked the results . I haven't the patience to fiddle with them individually in the mat room. O.0

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