no joke... and even though it fies faster on this machine than pro studio ever did (dual core), i can see where it can go even faster... more power! more power!!!!!

i DID do a test run.  I had a scene that pro studio eventually would hang on in rendering (in calculations of all things)... there was just too much stuff.  (and i wasnt even half finished!  lol)  this is the scene that caused me to have to reinstall vue numerous times in a row until i learned - NO TOUCHY.

well, being the oddball i am... i figured if im gonna have to reinstall it, might as well do it early on, right?  so... i loaded the scene... crossed fingers... hit render.....

18 minutes later, it spat out the result.

this same scene BEFORE i added in freak (in pro studio) took 12 hours to render.  after adding in freak & tweaking his skin to a great golden.... well, shortly after... it went kaboom.

so... yes, it renders faster.  there's a few more things to tweak and play with - i noticed a few in atmospheres, but coming from pro studio as i did, i dont know which are new to 7 and which were an infinite feature i never had to begin with (except for negative ambience, i know THATS new... and loads of fun!!!  speaking of... hmmm)

the water editor is new... and if anyone can give hints on how to work with THAT i'd be thankful... i flip-flopped back and forth between my water plane and the material editor & water editor... and couldnt figure it out.

yawns  ok, got my coffee and am supposedly awake for the day... time to fire up vue ;)

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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