Specifically, Tony, you said this "I see some adding nodes and nodes and nodes, but remember. . . . . Everything you add has to be calculated."

And you could have just as well said "I see some buying cars and cars and cars but remember - Every car you buy has to be paid for"

Yes it does. And just as the cars I buy are fine by me, so are my nodes, none of which are added without a purpose. Every single node has a job to do that, without it, would not be done.

You frequently suggest that simple is the best, and for people learning how to use a rendering engine, that is not accurate advice. Simpler is usually better, but at some point you are stuck in the uncanny valley, (particularly YOU are Tony - your lady is severely in the uncanny valley) and the only way out is more expensive renders.

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