I render to a new window(stock size) But save it as a Tiff. Document window is maxed for my sreen 1400x1000. Main camera almost always for all the tools. I use IK only when making hip rotations as this can screw up some Preset (puchased) poses. Also save Figures with IK off. Now, adding texture at the 11th hour sounds clever. I'll try that. Some scenes are so complicated and tweaked it would be hard to remember all of them, though. You might as well save them on your file. I usually close all tools that are not needed to avoid punch- throughs (click on lib. and hit depth cueing). This is not a recommend, as I'm still learning. Richardson