Hi there

 

Poser Pro render firefly will and can make exceptional renders,but as above previous posters said and as you are said,light can make or break an art piece

Lighting depends on the more factors,I've been trying to make few interior renders and get the lights right there is sometimes test and error and again you are at square one

Lux or Octane are great renderers,but downside of them,one is slower and second one is quiet expensive and if you are running right now ATI(AMD)GPU,forget on Octane,Octane currently only support nVidia GPU(which are quiet poor in the LuxRender) and for Octane you will need quiet good GPU if you are thinking about the large scene to render,both will and can make nice renders and all depends again on the lighting and if you have a

Problem getting good render is quest of all of us,sometimes takes time to get perfect render and get splotchless render(interior in my case) is quiet challenge sometimes,but not always

I've been using Poser pro for quiet while and must admit,its great software with awesome possibilities 

In last few weeks/months I've tried to improve my interior renders,I've tried almost everything and done several 100's renders and still I've been not happy with the results.

Few weeks ago I've spoke with friend if I can use his PC for test render with his 3DS MAX and V-RAY,he said sure and here is my latest render,still is not finished or is not there,but in this render I've not used any light(only dome with V-RAY HDRI and texture of the sky),now I will be getting student version of the 3DS MAX and V-RAY student version too,which should be OK for testing and if I woudl be happy then I will be buying full version of both.

Lights in 3DS MAX I was thought so is hard,its not and really looking at tutorials over on Youtube is worth it in my view,shame people for Poser Pro not doing such tutorials 

I've considered like you are Octane,but I know for my scenes I would need 6GB GPU and this will cost me more in the end than I've originally thought so 

Now about the Reality,I've bought the Reality when has been in sale and now I'm little bit dissapointed,getting good render in reasonable time its quiet challange

I've never used on my renders any postwork,here is my two,one is V-Ray render and one is normal Poser Pro Firefly render with GC OFF,IDL on and I've used think 4 lights,not sure right now

Hope this helps there,I woudl try to make best render what you have already,Poser Pro really can make nice renders

Thanks,Jura