Hello,

I am MrPhoenyxx and I've been messing with Poser for a little over 2 years now. However, I am still very much a newbie. I've read a couple of beginner's guides and some of the tutorials from here. I have not, as of yet, waded through the Newbie Thread in this very forum, but that is currently on my to-do list.

For a long time now I have been trying to produce more realistic renders. To that end, I have tried Reality 3 with Lux Render and I've talked to some people about Octane. But looking at the EZMat thread and a lot of BagginsBill's posts, as well as talking to other artists, I am starting to believe that the answer is not a better rendering engine. Rather, I need to really learn the Materials Room.

I am using Poser Pro 2014 with the latest patches on a Windows 7 machine. What would some of suggest as a starting point to learn Poser's Material Room?

Thank you in advance for any advice you are willing to share!