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Hello Mark: No, Renderize Live is not a Ray Tracer. However, I implore you to look at the quality of the images that are created, _not_ the technology used to create them, as a criteria for your evaluation. Users don't care how you do it, as long as you do what they want. We are a hybrid scan line rendering product. Hybrid because we _do_ support environmental reflection maps. accurate shadows and lighting effect, and other features usually associated with a Ray Tracer. In addition, as a scan line renderer, we offer far better control of texture mapping characteristics. Most importantly, you can use our product in a produciton environment because you're talking about rendering times that are anywhere from 10x to 100x faster. Hoping to change your focus, best regards, Nick Josephs Visual Software