Quote - > Quote - > Quote - > Quote - No, bagginsbill and others are right. SM can't include Luxrender because of support issues. I agree. We're better off just doing what's already being done with the LuxPose plugin. Just look at all the "support" questions for it so far when it was made perfectly clear where the whole thing was in the process. It would be a nightmare.

Re-edit: also, why would SM want to support a third party plugin? It's not their responsibility that no one will barely even know how to use Luxrender, let alone have to answer a barrage of complaints about it. It's not a point and click solution. It's going to take come learning (and unlearning IMVHO) to get anything really good out of it.

Laurie

they can promote realistic renders. more people will buy Poser to render realistic human figures and for posing they need Poser.

it will be good for SM and Poser.

Except for the fact that those realistic renders will take real work and a lot of folks just don't want to work that hard at it ;). It's been rather misleading for them.

Laurie

Laurie you are thinking way to much about dumb people. yes i wrotte dumb. this was not a mistake.

if they can read and if they make a mistake its their own fault.

Yes, it is their fault in that case.  That won't stop them from asking for support from SM, and then SM will have a hard decision to make.  Either they go ahead and commit resources to support Luxrender, or they don't and have a PR fiasco as they lose future business.