"But I'm not a Poser person at all, so maybe we have some wierdness (poor programming design) here in the Poser/Vue 4 interface." Again, your input is much appreciated. However, I don't think it is a Poser issue, as I see the flickering on animation renders not involving Poser figures either. I'm almost 100% sure anyway ... I'll have to do a quick test just some terrain going by or something and see. Thanks, Tim