Quote - Snarlygribbly,

When you write the users guide, could you perhaps write it for a total beginner?  I have been following this thread and have bookmarked both the Pose2Lux and LuxRender download pages.  BUT, I have not downloaded anything yet because I am totally intimidated by the changes that need to be made for materials.  Silly I know.  Please forgive me.

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If I might say, materials are quite easy.  There is a basic assortment of materials off-the-bat, all you have to do is apply them.

Glossy works for somewhat shiny things, matte is good for not-shiny things (things that don't reflect much specular), glass and architectural glass are great for reflective or, well, glass objects.

There's also auto assign, if you are feeling extremely lazy.  Just do a once through to make sure everything assigned okay (I've had it do a couple random things, like make dresses glossy when they should be matte), but it's not so scary. =)

And the ambient materials can be taken care of in the P2L script (GUI) in Poser.  If there is something you don't want glowing, just go to the emitter panel, find the not-supposed to be glowing object, and move it to the right.  Then, click and say Set Ambient to ZERO in scene.  It'll also change it in Poser, so be warned. =P