Quote - Thanks everyone for the replies. To the first post, it is not a matter of me deciding for myself. I need to first know if someone else has used it, then if they tell me their experiences with it. Perhaps I can make a decision based on what they think the product is capable of.Because I've seen Lux in action, and it looks great. But I've also seen Fire Fly in action too, and it can also get good results when done right.

 

I did not explain myself very well, nothing new in that.  I was not suggesting anyone makes a decision for you and it is a big decision, both in money and time.  I was struggling with how to answer your question objectively and not adding my own bias.

For me I do occasionally use Reality and thus Lux but having purchased Reality I do not use it as much as I expected.  For me it is the time taken to get the materials right which are the issues, it seems a bit like double handing as I spend a good deal of time making the materials work in Poser.

I have also found as I play with lights in Poser that I am more and more comfortable with the lights.  Recently I have started moving away from the constant setting and using the inverse square and inverse linear.  This really does help to add atmosphere to some renders.  I think I have improved my lighting skills in Poser but I am also sure I have a lot more to learn.

From a personal point of view I do think it is worth sticking with Gamma Correction.  I used to get renders I was happy with but they were all individually tweaked.  With GC I find that the quality is more consistant but it does mean you have to reduce your lighting for it to work.  Most lights sets are set too high by default and, if you are using light sets, you really want some built for use in Poser 2012 or 2014 as the lights are very different.

Finally, please keep in mind my aim in my renders is not to produce a photo realistic result.  A larger proportion of my renders are Sci-Fi based which i want to be believeable rather than photo realistic.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.