Quote - Hypothetically--if I render an image in Vue up to 1600x1200 px as a bmp file, could that be used instead of a photo? Vue affects some poser materials in less than a friendly way, and that might be quicker to bypass the whole thing with dome and the new tool of which you speak.

I think.

I agree with the way Vue uses poser materials (C4D is FAR better at it) but I have already rendered using 'normal' images in the envshpere. It works fine but is not without problems, ie boundary wrapping. However you can minimize that by roataing the sphere on it's y axis. The other issue would be matching IBL lights for the scene.

i7 6800 (6 core/12 thread), 24 GB RAM, 1 gtx 1080 ti (8GB Vram) + 1 Titan X (12GB Vram), PP11, Octane/Poser plugin, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Oh, and a wiener dog!