Quote - Nice composition I stared with DS in late July 09. I was 1st pasting PNGs together and faking the shadows in PS I was basically using it for consistant charaters.  Then 18 months later started to fully render in PS with its lighting then into Uber enviroment and now onto LUX...

 

Yeah.. I hear ya.. I used to fake a lot in PS.  Now, I render my full scenes with reality/lux.  I still have issues with outdoor scenes and getting the skies to my liking.  So what I usually do is render with a transparent background and make my skies in PS.  My first go-round with poser I don't think I ever DID an outdoor scene.. or even what you'd call a "scene."  they were mostly just posed portrait shots and very poorly lit and rendered. Lighting has always been my nemesis but Paolo and Reality are helping me finally conquer it.