momodot, The Hither ('Thither' is close enough) dial controls the clipping plane. Objects in front of the clipping plane are not visible, but only in the preview window. You're right, it's a shame that it doesn't work in renders. Could be very usefull if it did. I have not played with 'interior' type setups in Poser so I can't tell you what the best approach is. I think that you might be on the right track though with the Scale dial. Set the focal length of the camera lens to a relatively wide angle (28mm or less) and then tweak it by 'zooming' in and out with the Scale dial until you get something you like... dunno, have to try it myself. I'm not sure I fully understand your next question so I won't try to respond for now and go off somewhere into left field. Sorry... As far as making your own textures for cyclorama type background sets, of those I have seen, the textures for the groundplane portion seem to be made up of several stiched pictures of beach, grass, whatever, taken vertically, camera pointing almost straight down. This then in turn is stiched to a middle-ground picture(s), taken with the camera tilted down slightly, and finally a more or less conventional wide angle scenic shot(s) for the vertical plane. There propably is a lot of postwork involved to skillfully disguise and blend all the seams. I've never tried it myself and I'm sure that it's not easy. Taking panoramic wide-angle scenic pictures with a digital camera is very difficult. Digital cameras are notoriously lacking in true wide angle capability. The built-in zoom lens of virtually all digital cameras only zoom-out to a modest wide angle (35mm, or 28mm maximum, equivilant on a 35mm film camera). Unfortunately, this is the state of digital camera technology today. Even expensive high-end 'pro' level interchangeable lens DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras like the latest Nikon D70 or Canon EOS 20D are very limited in that area. The few truly realy wide angle lenses that are available for those cameras are very expensive ($1000+, and that's for the lens only). I hope this answers some of your questions. Sorry I couldn't be more help..