parkdalegardener posted at 10:25AM Sun, 09 May 2021 - #4418807

A lot of folk that don't like Superfly haven't tried it. A lot of folk complaining of long render times have not used a modern version of Poser.

I don't think this is true. I'm using the latest version of Poser. My video card is supported, and I've done both CPU and GPU renders. The render times are still a lot longer for Superfly than Firefly.

Superfly is slower, and that just doesn't fit my style of work as well as Firefly. Hyperrealism isn't my thing. I confess, I use a lot of trial and error, adjusting poses, camera angle, lighting, etc. Even using low quality rendering to test setups...Superfly is slower than Firefly. (Since you can also use draft mode in Firefly. I have Poser set to default to the minimum quality in the Auto Settings in Firefly, because I do a ton of test renders before cranking up the settings to do a final render. And often end up doing several of those, because I keep changing my mind about what looks best.)

Maybe it would be less of an issue with a better preview, but so many Superfly materials just don't look anything like they'll look like when you render. So I end up doing even more test renders...which are soooo slow compared to Firefly.