Hmm.. Actually, your "Use displacement maps" setting is wrong. If you are not using displacement at all, turn it off. (Shouldn't make any difference to the image, but might speed up the render slightly). If you ARE using displacement, then the "Minimum displacement bounds" should be set a little higher than the MAXIMUM displacement setting (in the Materials room) that you are using. (Counter-intuitive, I know, but that's Poser/Firefly...) Hmmm.. 2; Unless I'm mistaken (and if I am, someone here will pounce and correct me), "raytracing on" only comes into effect when using reflections and/or refractions. Again, shouldn't make any real difference, but the less the renderer has to check for the faster it goes.. It might help if you could post your materials room settings for the the figure and the clothing. Are you using tranparencey, bump or displacement? Cheers, Diolma