Crescent, I've found that if you don't leave part of the image transparent, Poser displays it funny. If you fill the entire background it doesn't save an Alpha channel. I've never used P3DO Explorer, but I hear nothing but good comments. I like to add text, mainly so I can tell what base model I used. I also save all renders as PNG so I don't have to try and snip out the background. I can easily add layers underneath in PSP. Sure the files are bigger, but they are nicer to work with.

Mark