Quote - This comes up quite often discussions where renderers are compared. At some point the relative accuracy of 2 render engines becomes less important than which one makes a more appealing image (with the least amount of jumping through hoops to get there).

Another issue is animation, which isn't part of this thread testing obviously.

The results of global lighting in the Octane unbiased render, in path tracing mode, would not flicker in animation.  The 5 minute Vue render most certainly will.  Also, the biased Poser render would flicker terribly.

Octane has made it possible to render high quality GI without flicker, in a reasonable time per frame, and at a reasonable price.  If we think Octane is expensive, consider your needs, and how expensive Arnold is. I wouldn't dream of trying animatin with Luxrender at the rendertimes I get from it.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

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