I finally stumbled onto this thread and am still catching up.

I have Poser 8 and Poser Pro 2010 beta, so could try some simple comparisons. I've lately been using 2010 exclusively; its 64-bit in-the-background renderer finally let me produce I picture I've wanted for a long time.
 
I need to mull things over a little more before posting anything as I don't want to divert this thread.

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 P.S. - Anybody have a back pointer to the Artistic Lens stuff? It seems familiar but I think it popped up out of the blue on this thread. Thanks.