Thanks Basicwiz :)

Yeah, I turn GC off more than on, because of exactly what you said. The older textures... require a huge amount of fiddling, because they were done to get a good result without GC -- and often it's trial and error for ages before you have a somewhat acceptable level of quality. (Note, I'm not saying realism.)

You know, I'd completely forgotten about tone mapping. blush
And I still have no idea how it works. :)

I also found something else that helps with IDL -- turning down the diffuse amount slightly.

I think what annoys me most is that most of the time I end up with greyish textures, which had all the color leached out of them by GC and IDL -- which is why I turn it off these days. Sorry BB, I know you'll have kittens hearing about people turning off GC, but it's not working for me.
Yes, I know it is probably my lighting, yes, I know I should adjust all this stuff... but sometimes I just don't want to fight with Poser and just render and feel good about the result, you know?

I haven't had one of those "Ohhhh that came out nice!" moments in PoserPro yet. Which is down to my ability with it, I'm sure. But it doesn't make me feel any better to know it.

Silke