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Heya Kix, I don't think there was any motion blur at all built in RDS ... The only Motion blur around was the free Pseud Blur plug-in to my knowledge .And you're right, the soft shadows were better, but they were much slower too ! Phong is like Gouraud . It's the same, the only difference is that it's not the same . But it's the same ;) No comment about Fresnel reflections or transparency ... The Smoke in the icecube is a 4D Volumetric Cloud . A simple trick to simulate the inside of the ice in this case . By the way, i've uploaded an anim i've rendered lately . It shows four icecubes falling on a tiled floor, with physics and caustics . See the link ! I'll try to get all my stuff uploaded on my website today, will keep you updated when it happens . Later, litst