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Erik, prior to commencing the Master Designers' Objects Series, I designed a western scene for a new videotape we're developing called "3D Shootout." This video takes on this precise question head on by putting each program through its paces both for modeling and rendering. The scene is included on Syndesis' 3D ROM. Once again, our findings were that 3D STudio rendered the scene with mapped shadows and reflections in about 2.5 minutes. Lightwave took about 15 minutes to map shadows and reflections and Imagine took about 20 minutes to raytrace. –Rick Rodriguez, VRS Media