So, basically put, I don't need to use both FG AND GI to get good results? No need for adding photons under the light's Mental Ray tab? I've been reading up on something called ambient occlusion and I was hoping I could get those kinds of results as well. Do you have long or short render times? I've had the hardest time getting my render times down. Even with 512 MB of RAM and a 1.8 GHz CPU and 128 MB Radeon graphics card, I still get slow renders. Do you have any suggestions? What are your usual settings? Are there EVER just "usual" settings? LOL! Thanks a lot!

Russell