Warder which tutorials are you following? Poser 4 characters import with very little work. Vickey and mike require a little more work but import fine for me too. Post your experiances I am sure we can help. Goido Radiosity can produce some highly realistic renders. Even then some radiosity is better then others. I do not know first hand how easy it is to reproduce radiosity with true ambience. I do know to fake radiosity you have to know or be able to visualize how light would bounce around in a scene. Objects pick up colors from nearby objects but at a different level depending on the actual material and color of the object. Faking a radiosity look is not hard (it will increase render times though) Faking accurate radiosity is very hard and requires a great amount of time.