lkendall, assuming you get the scene to actually load in Max, all you can do, and all you need to do, is light the thing with Max lighting and render. Lights might even come in with the scene, I am not sure, in which case all you do is render.

Note: render settings in Max, Maya, etc., are not trivial!

The advantage most people seek is power rendering in the hosting application versus Poser rendering, as rjandron is seeking above; a very worthy goal. If they are hosting-a-pz3-oriented, they prefer NOT to have to do anything else in the host but render.

While I am not in favor of hosting for my self personally, I have no judgment on it for anyone else. My PSA was for the purpose of helping people avoid crushing disappointment from false expectations, one way or another, of what Body Studio type hosting can do.

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