Poser does not have finicky lights. That is a perception caused by non-linear rendering, i.e. ignoring gamma correction. Sorry - had to say it. By finicky lights people usually mean "does not behave the way I expect real life lights to behave" and this is not the lights it is not using the linear rendering equation and not using falloff properly.

With Poser Pro 2010, the problems go away. Anyway...

Is this request motivated by attempts to produce fantasy lighting or real lighting? Because if it is real lighting you seek, and are asking for hacks to get around some problem with lighting, the solution is the linear rendering equation, not hacks.

If it is fantasy (impossible) lighting you are after, that's a different problem.

I guess what I'm saying here is tell us the problem we're solving. Having a prop that ignores some lights is not a problem - it's a solution for which I'm unaware of the problem. In business software development I hear people ask for a certain feature and I'm not interested. I'm interested in the problem, and I will invent the feature if needed.

I'm not aware of any actual CG lighting problem (real scenario) in which a prop needs to ignore some lights or some shadows.

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