Hmmm, would rendering an entire 90-minute 3D movie (in HDRI) on a SINGLE home computer really be that much faster on MAX or Lightwave? I've always assumed you'd need a render farm (not a single PC) to make such a project not a VERY long (like the 3 years mentioned) affair.

Thanks for "KnightSky 360" tip, Veritas. I'd been messing with an alpha plane in the background of HDRI renders to represent a sky, but this looks like it'll be easier.

Ah, nevermind, I see the render farm/animation question is discussed in this thread.

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Yeah, I would love to see this as well, as I've had great fun playing around with cel-shading effects in Poser 5 (that is, playing around with anime-esque cel-shaders others have made for Poser, I'm not skilled enough to make them myself).

mandimoore, if you have Poser 5 or know someone who does, I'd suggest looking at the several anime shaders available for it, as the material functions for Vue 5 are apparently very similar to Poser 5's (I've heard people saying they're similar but haven't dug into Vue 5's functions yet).

For instance, look at Anime Compiler's materials (I believe he posted them on the Poser forums here at Renderosity), and the ToonPack materials ( http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=29666 )

And good luck!