Quote - shed, poser already has GI (which calculates indirect lighting with results somewhat analogous to renderers using radiosity) but I can't say that its algorithm is similar to (or as elegant as) those created by autodesk, which was apparently unable to purchase poser from smith micro last year.  it's true that poser's version of GI (FFRender) is prone to various artifacts and is a bit slow, but they are aware of the problems and they know that users still posting poser 4-style renders in 2009 is one of the reasons that poser is the laffing stock of the 3d-snob community.

is poser's GI a really GI? 
iam no expert thats why i am asking. but i have been reading somewhere that when you use GI in poser that AO is automatic turned on. funny because for GI you dont need AO. or is GI in poser just the gather node on every material with ambien occlusion? beause this is not real GI.

i found out weeks ago that DM shadows in poser dont work how they should. poser doesnt even have samples in the raytraced shadows. i dont know if there is a 3d software that wouldnt first have good shadows before making GI.
but its also my opinion that its ''cool'' to say hey i want GI because everyone is saying it.