And the beat goes on.... "So setting aside the problem of the monitor, how do all of you create night scenes that imply darkenss without the graphic itself being dark....how do you do graphics that show up on a variety of monitor screens? Do you do it in postwork? Or use different lighting for your night time scenes? I have tortured myself with trying different options and I don't like the results I've gotten." While the info on adjusting the monitor is certainly helpful and appreciated, I am interested in hearing more on the initial question posed in this thread. If anyone has more thoughts on how to simulate darkness in your renders, without actually having to make your pictures dark, that would be great to know. :O)