It's been a long time for me...Posering, I mean. Years since I opened the program. And yet, as bagginsbill points out, the arguments, errrr, I mean discussions, haven't changed much. LOL

I can't remember her name, but there was a young energetic young lady from (I'll guess at Ukraine), maybe. I've forgotten her handle. And, obviously English was a second language for her but she always pushed the limits of Poser striving for a render that approached the realism of a photo (hehe, stepping over that "photorealism landmine"). I'd probably never find it if Ilooked but was hoping maybe LaurieA would remember. Caterina? Katerina? (age can be horrible).

At any rate, I would agree the OP seemed to be interested in getting tips to help gain a realistic-looking render and probably doesn't need the side discussion of "is realism art" sort ot replies.

Just my two cents worth.

(and hopefully, if my memory serves me well enough, this thread won't segue into the other repeating discussion--"should one use post processing on a render or not?"...LOL)