I'm very new to LuxRender, and I have a very basic question. What are the advantages of using LuxRender over the renderer in Poser 8? 

Also, I've installed the latest exporter and LuxRender, and tried a simple render using 1 V4 in clothes with hair. No background. I made no adjustments. And the render was taking FOREVER before I cancelled it off. Do they always take that long to render?

I have a rather speedy PC. 4G duo 64k.

Thank you.

JM