Thanks for the help!! You guys cleared up alot for me. Also Rochr, for a quickie that pic is very nice.

Also I heard that people render with a high resolution then reduce the size of the image. Does that work?

I guess lighting does make a difference, because when I think back I remember many images had multiple light sources and they looked great. But I tried once to render a reflective object with a dark background and multiple light sources, and it looked like it was lacking no matter how much detail I put.
I was trying to mimic some images that I've seen done before. A few I remember done by Clay. Is there something special that is done for close up images? Maybe if you see the one done in Clay's gallery you'll know what I'm talking about.

Thanks for the info guys!! That really helped me out.

Thanks for the info guys!! Hopefully I can get the picture up in the gallery soon.

I know what you are talking about Stephen, but it still says it is in low priority. I'm checking the priority while the program is still active on my (front window). Not just on the task bar. I think something is wrong with my computer. Anyways, thanks to all who replied. I now have a better understanding of how my computer works. I think I am just going to try to bring my computer back to its default state, and see how it performes then. Thank again!!

Stephen Ray, Nukeboy, thanks for your info, but I still have a dellema. I tried what you said Stephen, about checking to see if the prority is set to normal when Bryce is active on the window. I was pretty sure that you were going to be right since last I checked the priority I dropped the program on the tool bar, then I checked. But when I checked it while it was active it was still set to low. For some reason I won't get any higher than that. What could be the reason?