I was wondering what kind of program people like best to render in, i havent done that so very much but i am doing a skull now with bases from Jason and i was wondering a little what people preferes(or how it it pronounced)=)
I have found something called Modo is that a good one 
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/Isak
LightWave has one of the best balances of power, quality, usability and value for money. Other renderers may have even more flexibility, but often are very complicated to use.
A good free one is the Blender renderer, but you have to fight with its unique user interface
Why not look at the various renderers’ gallery pages to get an idea of what they can do?
Cheers,
R
Rory_L, don’t forget Lightwave has a smaller learning curve as well. One of the main reasons I went with it myself. Most other apps are like the fully equipped SUV’s which can do many things. I equate Lightwave with my Toyota Camry. It’s got the basics of everything you need and not a lot of extras (except for several third party options), but it will get you to where you want to go. To me, it’s the best bang for your buck (outside of ZBrush of course!)
I haven’t tried Modo yet, but I know if animation is important, it’s not really a stand alone option yet. But it has a great renderer from what I’ve seen. And have heard some good things about its ease of use.