With regard to the lighting in final (not that anything is ever really, really final!) renders I read on PoserPro.net that because of changes in how the renderer interprets things you might need to fiddle a bit more with the lighting to get the results you're looking for.

The PoserPro.net site is something that should have happened to Poser many moons ago, IMHO.  It's a good spot to refer to and to get hints from on the new features of PoserPro.

It would be even nicer if it evolved into a wiki over time so that it could become a place to go for reference and a place for ideas to be posted.

ttfn

John

(BTW, my renders came out dark the first couple of times till I rejigged the lights.  Still not perfect but better than P7 in the same scenes.  Then again, lighting is definitely a weak point for me. )