Quote - > Quote - I have to ask. If you use an IBL light with a hdr and an illumination prop, can this make tons of fireflies? My current render has a gazillion fireflies that don't seem to be resolving (although the render has only been going for 30 minutes).

Post your *.lxl and *.lxs file. I'll set up a scene here with the same data and try to find out.

Okay, I don't know what I'm not doing today that I did last night but my self illuminating prop isn't showing up as a light source at the moment. Regardless, I'm getting the same effect of a gazillion fireflies. I only have an IBL light as my light, with the Pond hdr image attached.  Here is my light file:

start lights

LightGroup "GR1"

start light "GR1:IBL"

LightGroup "GR1"
AttributeBegin
 TransformBegin
 Rotate 240 1 1 1
 Rotate 19 0 0 1
  LightSource "infinite"
   "float gain" [360.0]
   "color L" [0.74827928474 0.853189871356 0.513612567121]
   "integer nsamples" [2]
   "string mapname" ["C:/Poser 8/Runtime/Textures/HDRVFX/HDRVFX_pond_01_v_002.hdr"]
 TransformEnd
AttributeEnd

end light "GR1:IBL"

end lights

I also get the same firefly thing going on if I use the Sun & Sky settings that was posted to the Poser Lux Wiki.

"A lonely climber walks a tightrope to where dreams are born and never die!" - Billy Thorpe, song: Edge of Madness, album: East of Eden's Gate

Weapons of choice:

Poser Pro 2012, SR2, Paintshop Pro 8