Looks great Anoroc. Congrats on your purchase and now significantly lighter wallet! :-)

Metin - My first renderer was Maxwell - just curious - why KeyShot & not Maxwell?

Hi Ced,

The most important reason why I prefer Keyshot above Maxwell is ease of use. I love Keyshot's fast drag & drop workflow, with a clear interface, easy HDR lighting and reflections, prefab materials and visually oriented texture mapping options.

Having said that, I have so far never encountered a renderer that matched reality closer than Maxwell. I still miss it sometimes in that respect. But realism does not equal appeal, and I can create appealing renderings using Keyshot much faster than I could in Maxwell.

Metin -

I have the same experience as you. I've used Keyshot since it first came out as Hypershot (2008?).

I tried Maxwell a couple of years ago, and I agree that on certain scenes it has better realism. However, because Keyshot is so much faster to set up, I can try several camera, lighting and material combinations in the time it took me to set up a single Maxwell shot.

So in the end, I feel I can experiment more and get a better overall result in Keyshot in less time. Because I use Keyshot in my business, and time is money, I continue to use it.

Ed Ferguson

I totally second this, Ed!