Okay, looking carefully at the last render (after a Poser crash probably caused by an unrelated update), I think that the problem is nearly licked.

I'm trying it again with the blur factor of 2 on the light in question, to see if that helps.  But I think the issue may be one of resolution on the hair maps at this point.

Looking closely, I see that the "smudge" on the face seems to be made up of the same pixilation I see in the hair near it.  (It's better with these settings, and we'll see whether it smooths out in the blur.)

I may also try the post filter on "sinc" and 2, to see if that will even it out a bit more.

But at least it's close now.

Thank you all.

I"m currently rendinging, which is taking a long while.

Would setting up multi-thread and/or separate process rendering (which I've just discovered the options for) help with the speed at this point?

(I have only a dual-core machine.)

Again, thanks for all the help.

 Stephen D. Sullivan

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