Well there it is I don't seem to understand what your trying to do
I noticed you posted screens or your pose view not renders try rendering a lot of trans effects are post in best preview mode
Or modify the map so the white/light shade is 50% grey

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket
Charles Péguy

 Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do;they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart
Walter Savage Landor

So is that TTFN or TANSTAAFL?