Quote - Well not to dispute your point, as I have seen some great things out of reality, but this side by side is almost a bad example the other way...  ie the 'before' picture is extremely basic... such that if poser started pissing that out I'd abort the render after the first line!

There is some value in to what the OP is trying to do though. I suspect for it to have its intended effect you'd need to know both programs well enough to get the very best out of them.  Its cool to see comparisons though.

 

Quote - Hello.

Thank you for doing the test and posting your result.

The Reality/Lux image is really not showing what the combination can do. This is, of course, because of the limited experience with the programs. You just need to give yourself more time and become familiar with the Reality materials :).

Here is an example by an expert user:

While the example was created using DAZ Studio, the result shows the level of realism acheievable. Also keep in mind that the version of Reality used is 2, not 3.

Below there is an image made with Reality 2, by Elianeck.

 

Cheers.

 

Yes, sorry Paolo... but Poser's native Firefly can much more closely match the Lux / Reality result shown above, I'd say... the Reality render looks great though, of course ;-)

Both render engines take some knowledge to get the best from, I guess. I'm still at the point of being much more proficient / in my comfort zone with Firefly, personally. Playing around with Reality though...