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I am seeing these renders of people on the thread, with the posters claiming they are now getting near photographic results.  I want to scream, as none of them are close to that.  There are a couple that look decent, but none are great.

The other part of the rant is that I can't believe how many people seem to think that the author provided them with this great renderer, when all he did was provide transport to the renderer.  If he is willing to take the credit, I hope he is ready to take the blame for any bugs in Lux.

Anyway, I had to get this off my chest before I posted this on their site.
 

Agreed! the only figure renders that impressed me were from Callad and MBusch. From following the thread I get the distinct impression that the majority of users have never used or seen an un biased renderer before as they seem awestruck at what Lux provides.

I truly have to agree on the cult comment, it's like the author of Reality invented the luxrender engine and is getting credit for it. I constantly wanted to post to point out to users that it's just a plugin, an expensive one at that. I don't fault the guy for wanting something for his efforts, but $80 (normal price) is way off base.

Regards, Michael

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