Quote - It doesn't take hard work to get good shadows.  The work is learning what good shadows ARE (i.e., not depth-mapped, and not razor-sharp raytraced without blur, and not a big gritty AO stain).  I may misjudge my own shadows' quality but I think they're certainly a lot better than average - not saying they're perfect or even ideal, but "a lot better than average" takes me no special work to set up now that I realize how terrible some of the "not" methods I named really are.  People dumping heaps of pics in the gallery here with shitty shadows  (or no shadows!) , well, as long as that kind of thing is nailed to the top of the art charts/top 9 page, a lot of people will keep right on doing it regardless of how bad it looks.

Hmm I guess since I've cancelled my file locker service here I need to move my sample light setup to the new file host.
http://cid-b233dcaeefa9709c.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Poser%20Freebies/Studio%20Lights/PJZ%20Studio%20Lights.zip

people also dont use shadows because they post an image in the gallery and they get perfect rating. and when you read the comments its like he rendered a perfect realistic human.

which is strange. not using shadows because using poser is a hobby is one thing. but to writte that it looks realistic is another .