I included a screen shot of my settings destro. Yes, I see some of the problems I was having are in the following....   A) I WAS using Texture Filtering! But I was told by E-Frontier that this would help to show more detail in my renders?! Hmmmmm.....

B) My Bucket size is/has been 48...What is Large? Up to 64+ or down to 32???
C) I know that removing backfacing polys help...but sometimes the background will suffer edge loss...is this common?

D) YES! I am doing these for Print work. I use 350-400 DPI. I have several that wil never see Ren Galleries or any other on-line gallery. Because they are for Poster/T-Shirt and Decal works. I minimum print at 11 X 17, and find that this render setting (*3600 X 2700) gives the best Up/Down quality. When positive that something is exceptional, I save out at the largest setting.

E) I do not surf or run other programs during renders...learned that from doing fractals! LOL!

F) I don't really know Python as well as i would like...maybe you could either IM me or post here how to manually merge the Shadows and the Main Render?

Lastly, Thank You very much fo all your assistance...I am Very serious about Poser6 and all the programs i own and are learning. But I do lack time in these mediums, so someone like yourself that has been working with them for a while is always valued as a mentor and advisor.
(((huggerz!)))
Ariana

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