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"light falls off into shadow a bit too quickly" Exactly!! That's why I posted on Friday how to stop that. Use the clay node (alone or with the diffuse node) to control the light fall-off rate as the surface turns away. Follow the link to see how I used it. You would also notice the shading problem less if you used a more even lighting arrangement. I use an IBL that I made myself that gives strong side and back light so I can just concentrate on the fill light. I usually only need one. I see a pink "spots" node, right? That is great for producing nice believable imperfections. That's a key one for closeup. I'm not sure I buy into the ambient occlusion as done in Poser. There is no doubt it is needed, but every time I use it it dirties the skin and always is too aggressive, no matter what I set it to. Look carefully at the sides of her nostrils. Nobody ever looks like that in normal light. Or check how much darker it got around the top of the ears. Look at pictures of, especially your own pictures instead of magazine ones - you'll never see that much shadowing on a face except in contrived lighting situations.

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Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)