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I don't call them that...but it's term frequently used on this forum. Well, first look at these new WONDERFUL!! images from MIR. Stunning isn't it ? I loved them before, but now I am simply fascinated. Except for Architecture itself, almost ZERO 3D was used. And the result is fantastic, it's not unfinished, blurry like Luxigon and alikes, it's just...like perfectly painted picture. Not to be a copycat....but we are all copycats to certain extent in this industry, I decided to learn this properly. There are literally thousands tutorials for modelling,rendering...but like ZERO for quality collage or photomanipulation intended for archviz. I am sure matte paintings techniques are the same, but still. What good tutorials do you guys know about ? Or which matte painting tutorials seems to be the best ? The Gnomon ones.. ? and which ? Second question, where would one start building photo collection, references, etc... all the photo banks are absurdly overpriced (in my opinion, please, don't discuss this topic, edit = ).... ) Apart from cgtextures, texturepilot, what are some good places ? Lastly, how do guys feels about those pictures ?

Our firm is thinking of switching from Vray to Mental Ray just because of the added cost of Vray. Since they are entrusting that I help make the decision, and i'm in love with MIR as a rendering firm, I was wondering if they use Mental Ray because I seem to come up short with the quantity of examples of rendering of Mental Ray. I mean when you search Vray rendering, you get a bazillion matches. This could also turn into a discussion of Mental Ray vs. Vray too