its not the sphinx per say but the workflow I was interested in.
So texturing and rendering in vue is one way but wouldn't a dedicated mental ray in maya or houdini be a better option?
Would you be able to transfer the UV data , textures and shaders into another 3D app?

Anyways if thats possible, then is it also possible to pull in matched camera from NukeX or PFtrack in and out of Vue?
and vice versa have geometry, textures and material transfer into Nuke?

I'm also still trying to figure out how to implement a true HDR image for lighting within Vue?
Any clues?