Quote - Can anyone recommend a good tutorial on this? I'm just starting to investigate it, and it has me stumped -- and the manual isnt helping any. :) I either get washed out figures or dark, shadowy figures, nothing with the even light I see in everyone else's IBL renders. I'm sure it must be something simple, but it's driving me nuts.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2734086

Try that thread. It's a list of bookmarked threads / tutorials for lighting.  The "Beginners Start Here" covers an explanation of lights.  The 3 tutorials that I recommend on IBL are the first 3 under "Poser", by Olivier.  IMO he is a guru when it comes to lights.

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