The thing poser does wierd is that it sets up the generation of shadows by using an extra camera called a "shadow cam". Before rendering your image, it pre-renders from the point of view of this camera, marking all the spots in the scene where light falls or doesn't fall. Because the camera is looking at so much more than the face, it is wasting information that isn't needed. We want it to focus on the face and neck.

So for now, right click on the camera selector in the preview window and choose the shadow cam. Don't worry about what number it is. I don't know why poser starts numbering from how many were in when you started poser. For me, there were three lights in the beginning, which I deleted. Anyways look through that camera.

Also, select the camera in the parameters window.

You should see something like my image. If your figure is not in the center of world space it may look different.

IMPORTANT: There is a wierd bug regarding shadow cams. After inserting a light, they do NOT show what they are actually looking at until you do at least one render. That's important!!! Whenever you add a light, before trying to work with the shadow cam, do a quick render. Even if you render nothing, it will "set" the camera properly.

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