I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this problem. I
just recently purchased LightWave Applied -- which is an
excellent resource, by the way -- and am working through the
automobile effects tutorial. The problem that I am having is that
the BRDF shader seems to have some funkyness to it. It
renders garbage all over my car... is there anyone else who is
having this problem, or knows how to fix it? It seems to be
happening both in OS 9 and OS X.

Thanks!
-Jon Baker