Opera: I am under the impression that a lot of Poser users only want the lighting to do erotic figure studies, and I was trying to emphasize that my ultimate goal for using Poser is different, hence the picture samples. However, your suggestion to begin experimenting with the lighting was not lost on me. I have copied all the suggestions from the thread into a single document and will systematically try them out this weekend when I have some time. I do appreciate what people have suggested here and will apply the ideas to lighting settings with single figures and items once I have an uninterrupted couple of hours. Once I create some successful renders, I will start adding and see where my systems limits are. A follow-up question I have to all this is pointing a spotlight. Is there any way to determine where a spotlight begins and ends prior to rendering? For example, if I move a figure away from the default position, is there a way to point lights at that figure and know for sure the lights are focused on the figure and not somewhere else? Edward -EC-