Mark - I agree on all points.  I also generally massage the shaders until I'm happy, then save as an object in Carrara.  I have the same experience - don't open Poser unless I absolutely have to.  Since this is a recurring problem, I thought I'd solicit input from others - I'm sure all Carrara users have developed some methodology for fixing shaders.  I was afraid I might have missed some simple shortcut.

For example, when fixing skin, I go into it seems like a dozen shaders (skin face, skin torso, skin hips, skin legs - well, you get the idea) and make identical changes to each (change highlight color, change highlight %).  Does anyone know a way to cascade or copy the changes to multiple shaders?

I will look into the Carrara Lounge tut this evening.

Klebnor

Lotus 123 ~ S-Render ~ OS/2 WARP ~ IBM 8088 / 4.77 Mhz ~ Hercules Ultima graphics, Hitachi 10 MB HDD, 64K RAM, 12 in diagonal CRT Monitor (16 colors / 60 Hz refresh rate), 240 Watt PS, Dual 1.44 MB Floppies, 2 button mouse input device.  Beige horizontal case.  I don't display my unit.