Hello,
Since this thread is from 2008 I thought I would ask if thoughts have changed concerning rendering engines. We're rendering single indoor room images and looking for the best rendering engine that balances high quality with good rendering times.
Thank you!
This is my personnal opinion, i think that one person who master V-Ray, Mental ray or any other professional render engine will achieve the same quality of images for about the same render time in any of those engines.
If you add external plugins to your workflow, consider this recurrent cost for the futur.
If you have a large material library and many scenes created with one Render Engine, maybe you want to use them and keep your workflow simple and functional.
For some people or company, it's also important to consider external team, freelancers, customers, developers, render farm, etc.
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