Thank you, I was beginning to get very frustrated because from what I read it looked like I was going about my rendering process all wrong. Yes, I use VSS now almost exclusively on my figures. I had bought and used the Realskin system by face_off. It's good and gives good render results. However it is light dependant. I have to run the script every time I change my light set up, which I might do several times before I get what I want. VSS only needs to be run once, unless I completely switch texture maps. Thank you so much for clarifying this for me! I will feel less frustrated now as I follow the VSS discussion thread.

"A lonely climber walks a tightrope to where dreams are born and never die!" - Billy Thorpe, song: Edge of Madness, album: East of Eden's Gate

Weapons of choice:

Poser Pro 2012, SR2, Paintshop Pro 8