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"Hi Emmanuel, I am afraid I cannot help you any further, as I am no longer owner of AutoCAD 2014 license. So, even if you send me file you describe, it is impossible for me to do any tests inside AutoCAD. I could try to open such file using other -…"

"OBJ file doesn't care bitmaps, only the UV coordinates of each face. 3DS files can hold bitmaps externally along with the proper UV mapping coordinates. Just keep bitmaps in the model's subdirectory. You can import 3DS file using 3DSIN…"

"Good start. Glass windows need some reflections , they look too plastic and dull. What are those white lines under the building? Parking lot for skateboards? ;) Shrub fence on the right needs revision."

"Looks really good. The glass table material is more than convincing."

"I am sure and I wish you you'll be. BTW, your nXt renders always are top notch, IMHO the best ones ever done using this considerably capable software. I have to admit I am not using nXt anymore, for quite a long time now, having developed…"

"Truly sad to read that Peter. Really sad. Wish you all the best to the future."

"I think Norton mentioned that he did the conversion using TrueView, not the AutoCAD itself. He is still on ver. 2010 I suppose, otherwise he could do renderings directly in 2018. Maybe TrueView isn't quite versionwise correct as regards to…"

"So why not try to reverse the alpha channel and coloured areas: convert the black areas to alpha channel and vice versa, to see what will happen :)"

"I see. Looks like nXt translates the alpha transparency areas of the bitmap to white colour."

"Can you select which colour will be the transparency map Peter? With some kind of eye-dropper maybe? I don't know, just guessing. Another thought would be to reverse the image to negative and see what happen. Again, just a guess ;)"

"Very professionally looking render! Looks very photo-realistic."

"Those are all exceptional Peter. Top notch job, as always."

"Another good rendering. Those two photoshopped reading lights are not looking good though. They don't follow the perspective, the left one is higher than the right one. Also, they are supposed to be turned on (judging from the light on wall…"

"Great image as always. I would just blur the tree shadow on the lawn to match soft shadows on the building. Nice blending of cut-out greenery. Excellent job."

"Very nice rendering Chris! The only thing that distracts me is the fruit bowl. It's too evidently pasted in PS.  Another thing (nothing to do with rendering) is the microwave above the stove. I would rather expect a cooker hood there."