I'm using P5SR4 under WinXP and I'm getting complete black rendered screens on some of my images. It happens under both P4 and FF rendering when I have the cast shadows option checked. I have plenty of room on my HD and lighting power and angels are fine. Any ideas?

The shadow camera may reveal the answer to your query.

Do you use an enclosure around your scene, like a room? This could shadow your entire scene. Willy

Silly me. It seems it was the room walls after all. After I deleted them was well. I guess playing with shadows and obstacles it more tricky than it seems. Ow well another coplex issue to deal with in poser....

Actually, not too complex to deal with... Just click the room walls, go to Object-Properties from the Menu Bar (Or Double Click on the room walls, if you are feeling dexterous and brave)and unselect "Cast Shadows".

Thanks. That sounds like something that might just work. I was actually choosing the light itsleft and unchecking cast shadows.... Alot of help did that do me :-). Silly me.

123456: If you uncheck the "cast shadows" box in the light this light won't cast ANY shadows at all. But you probably need shadows within your scene for realism. Lhiannan's idea keeps the walls from shadowing your scene but leaves the feature on for the light and hence for any other shadow casting body. Willy