Spiez, the prism images you posted... finally some comparisons that I believe are relevant here in this forum. I did not know that any other renderers could do the prism thing as M~R could. (The other images, though, seem a waste to post here. From Lightwave forums alone you could fill up a hundred pages with good/realistic-looking renders. Why show us what we know: that most 3D packages can do great stuff if you are talented at clever mapping, fiddling and tweaking?)
Also, I personally am against NL adding biased rendering to M~R at this point or in the near future. It's like telling Lamborghini that they need to add cargo room to their cars "so that they have what vans and SUV's have." A Lamborghini is made for one (more specialized) type of driving, and a van for another. Currently, M~R has a long way to go (needs more shaders, etc.) to even achieve the goal of being a finished renderer of its type. To wish that NL spend time adding features that will make it more like all other 3D software is to want NL to waste valuable development time that could be spent improving M~R's intrinsic strengths, no? As Micha said, most of us have another renderer at our disposal right now anyway. It's simple: if you need the
van for a certain trip, don't grab the keys for the Lamborghini.
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