You render is wonderfully photorealistic, thansk again for posting it with us! Half the reason I have many of my 3D application is for television production, the other is a hope/dream to do feature hollywood films. I'm trying to summate the cost of a real movie. I know Bryce, Poser, Carrara have it in them to do both, but as you say the hardware cost for such a project is incredible. Though I do think the 3D community will see this kind of power, on the desktop, within the next decade or so, at least for television anyway, then for movies soon after. I've also asked how large movie screens are, and what resolution they will reflect in another post. If I get the chance I'll post the math behind animating your still into a Disney! From here, just a 600x800, 3 hr. feature, of your post, would take 1,800 years to render! Har, har, har! It's a good thing technology almost doubles very year... = )