Just so I don't look totally dumb about it, I imagine there's a good reason for it - or at least a reason that makes sense for Poser use, but I'm not seeing it.

I'm guessing there's some supposed "realism" aspect to the idea, but at the same time, if they're shooting for realism, I'd have to question the reasoning behind setting the diffuse value to 1 - Meaning if they're using that light blue in some attempt to make the skin look more real, then I would think they would also set the diffuse value lower while they're at it, since skin doesn't have 100% diffuse in reality - more like 70% or so.

 

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