BB,

Hi I have some feedback, and questions.

1. For the eye materials on Daz Gen3 figures, and eyebrow/brow/lashes I changed after running the python to my own preferences instead of VSS.  Can I "teach" VSS my settings  on those materials, or disable VSS from over-ridding my settings?

2. I am working on a character that is very very pale Deep Winter with black hair. (Think Snow White) The skincolor is like sand to a wet sand color, (would you call that be pale olive, sallow, or soft beige?)  I'm finding that VSS has trouble with that. The color the shader adds in the shadows to rosey-pink instead of a sallow beige and that spots clash with the skintone. Is it possible to alter the color of the spots to one that is the right color for my target skintone?

Sample image posted is NOT retouched for AO spots and banding.

3. For my test render for pale skintone above, I got what looks like the "banding" on the skin texture and small AO dark spot artifacts. The lighting I used was BlueEye's IBL. The overall effect is the skin looks lumpy and dull.

My target skintone and coloring is Dita Von Teese. She has beautiful luminous pale skintone.
This photo is not retouched since it is a raw from the red carpet.
super large version of photo below here: 
http://z.about.com/d/fashion/1/0/n/n/2/57536796_10.jpg

more examples of Dita's skintone: 
http://www.helpinganimals.com/photos/640_dita_von_teese.jpg
http://cdn.maximonline.com/uploadedCmsFiles/Slides/82_dita_von_tesse_3025.jpg

Would it possible to have VSS handle a skintone like this in either the commercial or free base shaders?

4. I plan to take the pale character and drop him into Film Noir type lighting situations. Other VSS users have found that VSS prefers brights light and doesn't performs as well under dramatic lighting.  I haven't tried it yet, but I will.  So my question is, if this true, will there a future version of VSS for low-lighting situations and dramatic lighting?

Thanks. ^^