Another factor is the way the material is set. Most 3d programs allow you to control something called "surface smoothing." In Lightwave it's in the surfaces panel. Bryce has a control for it, too. Poser 4 appears to automatically apply it - there's no control, but I suspect Poser 5 will have it.

Anyway, it "smooths" surfaces (rounds them out essentially) based on the angle between polygons.

It's still better to have your "hero" elements more detailed (higher poly counts) and especially have your background elements with a lower count.

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