Quote - > Quote - It is mind bogling and makes you wonder where all that anger comes from since I never had anything to do with that person.

 

Because he has a point? WTF is this?

http://i.imgur.com/vD3zC.jpg

Whether or not it was intentional, it just comes across as underhanded, like some marketer somewhere is trying to pass off a free-as-in-speech and free-as-in-beer renderer as really being  just Reality itself, a commerical product.

As repeatedly pointed out in that thread, the term "render engine" refers to the application that generates an image from a scene description. There is an established term for what things like LuxBlend and Reality (and shall I mention Pose2Lux?) do, it's called an "exporter" or "plugin". In fact, if you go to Reality's product page here on Rendo, that's pretty much what you find. Reality is pretty clearly described as a DAZ plugin to generate Lux scene files. So why the sudden shift into presenting it as its own "render engine"?

Oh stfu already.  I guess Paolo works for Business Wire now and is responsible for what they print on their website?  Or for smith micro and he writes THEIR copy too.  Or on the board at siggraph and he writes their press releases?  Never in my knowledge(and I frequent many of the same places he does) has Paolo claimed that reality is a render engine.

 

Technically, an engine is an engine is an engine.  We, here.. in this thread KNOW that lux is the render engine.. we use it day in and day out.  Real engines are not stuck in one car exclusively.  You can put them in any compatible car.  Same with Lux.  We KNOW you can use it with D|S and soon poser, and blender and whatever else you can use it in.  For us, Reality is the key that turns that engine on. WE KNOW THAT.  If some or even many misinformed individuals call reality a "render engine" who give a flying rat's ass?  If you don't know that it's not the actual render engine you need to find a tutorial, read pret-a-3d's website or get a new effing hobby.

Are you a competitor and envious of reality's popularity?  Hell.. check this week's daz studio staff picks.  Nearly all of them used Reality.  Oh wait.. maybe Paolo's on the staff of Renderosity too and just picked Reality renders?

This is a REALITY render thread.  Where we share art, tips, tricks, advice and even a few laughs.  So share your art or gtfo.