Quote - Connie..for arch viz you cant go wrong with Vray..I think more than half the arch viz industry is using it
I found it very easy to you use with bucketloads of options which(like mental ray) you'd have to be a baggins to get your head around ;)
final render is also worth looking into..I find the ease of use alongside all the advanced things it can do is great...both are incredibly fast render engines too

using vray,final render & even mental ray I've never noticed any weird stuff while using transparency alongside ambient occlusion..everything renders as expected

I've never used Kerky but agree it would be cool to have something more advanced on offer

Thanks Stefan :)
Yeah, after asking the question... I'm sort of wondering why I even asked it. I do need to bite the bullet on Vray, and get up to speed with updating my portfolio. Especially now that I managed to get my foot in the door with couple of builders with my crappy 8-year old demo reel. It even has couple of bryce renders that they like :lol:

Of course, if Kerkythea has redeeming qualities I should know about - doesn't hurt to ask :)  I do keep hearing about it more and more.

I know several who is whom in the local competition, and I know they all use Mental Ray, 3D max and Combustion in their workflow. I don't have Combustion yet. Need to look and see what the benefits are.

Since I've been laid off, I decided to try and resurrect my little Arch Viz business I had few years ago. I have couple months or so to get up to speed on the latest 'look' and make a new demo reel.

Anyway ... sorry about the thinking out loud and self-pep-talk digression here....

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