Hi guys,

I know that the main factor when it comes to achieving photo-realism in your character is the artist's skill-set, but with that aside which rendering engine do you think has a slight advantage when it comes to creating photo-realistic characters?

Are physically based(unbiased) rendering engine more suitable? other than the built in poser or daz rendering engine, or perhaps luxrender, does anyone have experience with any other rendering engine?

I work on mainly small projects and still images with the focus on character (so nothing too complex or contains too many objects or scenes)

I do however plan on giving a try on animation as well in the near future.

Would Arnold be a good rendering engine? I've heard, so much good things about it !

anywayo, hope to hear from everyone soon, i'm open to all suggestions!

thanks in advance