Dear philip
what a perfect information you learned me,thanks too much.
I heard about JIG (sony renderer )in:
www.highend3d.com/render/JIG

I don't know if you have worked with Maya?
Is there any advantage that lightwave has and maya don't have?
could you compare these too?
In your country(by the way where are you)which software is mostly used for animatoin purpuses.
I have worked with maya so much but i didn't have any experience with lightwave.How much does lightwave cost?

best regard