I actually think I have figured out my biggest hurdle
LIGHTING! The lighting in Reality is actually easier than in Daz. Where in Daz you have to use all kinds of tricks to get good lighting to make great textures, in Reality/Lux, you just use regular lights instead of Uber lights. It's just a matter of figuring out how the lights work. So, now I have my rich colors like I wanted and my odd light yay!! although, this one is very brown and red, that is the mood. I can also see this working with other color ranges as well.I did completely scrap my previous render and restart though, as there were a couple things I did not like, and I did cut the size from 2500x3500 down to 1000x1200 for time purposes. Smaller does render faster I guess, and, I really don't need that huge of a render, since my monitor isn't THAT big lol. I actually took some time to RTFM a bit. That's not saying I do what the manual says... you know, start with a simple render... wtf is that? I can't start with a simple render!!!!! anyone who knows me, knows that is impossible! lol.
Hopefully, I'll have my first full Reality/Lux render to post here for you all in a couple of days (yes, it takes that long to render)
Bad points of Reality/Lux
1. Slow as a one legged midget running uphill in sand
Good points of Reality/Lux
1. Ivy, hair, trees, grass, feathers, none of these make a difference, they all render the same speed
2. can turn anything into a light!!!! even....... EYES!!!!
3. water is not a problem, neither is glass or metals, or mirrors
4. the shadows are spectacular
