Following with interest...

A public head-scratch about rendering each aspect separately, if I may.

I know Charlie (callad) does this from D|S as a matter of course, and I admire his work. I've never really understood the reasoning behind why it should achieve better realism, unless it's simply that it allows you to adjust each of those aspects independently. But that in itself could just as easily lead to a loss of realism, unless you really know how to go about re-combining the aspects. Are there any tuts on this type of post-work, or is it just a case of trial and error?

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)