I do not use radiosity (global illumination)in most cases.

I load my textures in the color- and the luminance-channel.Into the diffusion-channel in most cases,too.

Well,i`m not familiar with the render and material-settings of blender, but in c4d i would create a luminance-channel,loaded with the main texture-map.A diffusion-map should be necessary as well.The rest is balancing. A lower specularity should be fine,also. Cheers rollmops:)

Earlier Versions of Vue are not capable to export plants or scenes (besides terrains, etc).cheers rollmops :)

Well, its a sad thing to see the memorial section getting filled with wellknown names...I got in contact with Guitta in my Vue days.Its very sad to hear her having passed away. Farewell to an passionated artist an moderator.

Well Thomas,phantastic modelling and texture-work on the car and the houses,but adding that poser-figure in the foreground, does not work in my eyes ;)))))) cheers Fredi :).

Hmm,did you set the background absolutely black.I had similar Problems with that in a image.Did you really use alpha planes or did you use a (alpha-)texture on a normal plane?In the last case the cutted out areas are not completely eliminated and may cause reflections on "imaterial"points.

Yeah,one of the reasons why im doing 3D.Taking a photo means to work with the things infront your lens to a certain amount.Doing it with a computer is for me more about construction and composition.Im doing sculpture as a fine artist and had a photografic education before.I also painted in my earlier years and im still giving sketching lessons. Every medium has its own style and is able to create its own reality :)

I think you achieved a good result for that short period of time.Vue can be very realistic,even photorealistic,but it does not know it :))

Wow,this is going to be one of the longest threats of the last time :)

You're also able to register your CE for 99 and get a version being able to render at 16000 X 16000 instead of 600 X 400 pixels.It is changed into CE + then and offers the full features of R 6 !

I see,this is almost a kind of philosophical discussion now.Very interresting.You brought nice examples,althought the beetle does not look real at all to me.I think, the question is ,which kind of photorealism should be achived: the reality of a 18 by 24 inch Kamera or the reality of a 24 by 36 mm Kamera.Or should it be the reality of a human eye?All images shown here are more or less an interpretation of "photorealism",filtered through the eye of the artist. I think it is a good idea to push Vue to it's limits,like you're planning. Btw:my suitcase is not a finished scene.I took it as a detail from a complex scene as an example for modelling. Another thing:you don't have to spend 3700 bucks to get a high end programm,take a look at Cinema it's much cheaper if you get the XL-bundle (including HDRI and GI ):) But ok,we're in the Vue forum here...:) cheers rollmops.

Very interresting, Thomas.I'm curious for part two :)