Actually the intensity was .60 on light 1 (infinite), and .20 on light 2 (diffuse) those never changed.  I just didn't switch back to the infinite's light materials in the second shot.

But it's good to see the math and that I did effecitvely nada.  So this is a dumb question: if my values got multipled by .8, thus reducing them/making them darker, why were they brighter when the nodes were plugged in?  Shouldn't the ones not plugged in be brighter if they were .6 and .2 instead of .5 and .16?

WARK!

Thus Spoketh Winterclaw: a blog about a Winterclaw who speaks from time to time.

 

(using Poser Pro 2014 SR3, on 64 bit Win 7, poser units are inches.)