Stefan,
I agree. Viz 4 is ment for fast mediocre radiosity "looking" images. You can hardly do any really serious work with its radiosity engine. And you haven't seen any good images done with viz 4 because there aren't any. I looked for months on the net including on the Autodesk viz forums and I haven't seen anything impressive.
From time to time someone turns up with a sink or empty room and all reply: "wow maaan, you're a star!!!"
Here are my main points against viz4:
1. Has problems with high poly count files.
2. It's got the most sluggish interface I ever seen.
3. To get images that look real can be even more difficult than with lightscape (except you have to get yourself another 1 gig of ram).
4. Radiosity looks milky and unconvincing and interferes badly with the materials properties.
5. There are tons of radiosity renderers on the market which would do the job without so much headache.
6. Color bleeding is a joke.
7. It's unstable comparing with others.
These are the main points without mentioning the other bits and bobs that get on your boobs.
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