Quote - Dale B,

Another reason I like working with Vue is that is has the ability to specifically control lighting influence for each light. You want just someone's face lit, and no other characters, you can add a point light, and set it's influence just for that character's face. With Poser, I must use multiple renders and compositing in post to get this level of precision. I will not ask Bagginsbill to breach confidentiality by commenting on this feature. But I will simply state that I will be examining P8's documentation carefully to see if this feature is enabled in the new program. If not, I confess I will be disappointed. No demands for a pony. No tantrums. Probably will still get 8 (I have 7 Pro now) but will simply know that Poser will still have to be used more as part of a compositing system, rather than a standalone program - which is what Vue is for me now.

this will not be in poser 8 from what i know.
its something that would be very good in poser. for example for hair. you want to use raytraced shadows but with hair you will geta very long render. you could do a new light that is only for the hair and use DM shadows. they are fast and subtle for hair.