[Matt Hallock]

It's not like I couldn't create lighting the hard way and have it look the same, because that's how I did it before these, 'new fangled rendering systems came out.' Lighting is becoming a lost art if people skip the basics and just go straight to photon mapping, however, since I spent time on the setup of lights long before, I don't see any reason why I should set it up when something else can do it for me if I already know how.

How is it you are able to question my integrity as a '3D artist' for lack of better words. I've gone from program to program over the last four years and it is pathetic to see people go into some program and turn on skylight and call it quits.