does photoshop or any other of these programs retain EXIF data from digital cameras after it has resized the image/s? i've been trying to find that feature (if it even exists) in PS for a while now...
it's good. but i haven't really used other compositing programs so i can't compare it to anything. also, it's not that stable in a work environment. at least version 3 isn't. other than that it's pretty straight forward to use.
i didn't think i needed combustion either. but now that i've been...
looking very nice so far...
how long have you been using max?
couple suggestions:
try changing up the wood textures.
its looks as though you've chamfered most of your edges (can't really tell) if you have, try to get a nice little spec highlight on some of them. it'll really add to the...
maybe try these out. they're a little more in depth than the one you posted........sorry i couldn't be more help before
http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/head_tutorial/head.asp
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/headpolymodel/