With Poser 8 you need to throw away anything you've learned from earlier versions of Poser, it's almost easier to wipe the hard drive from your brain and start fresh.

Use a Point light for a Sun, drive it anywhere from 100-130% and position it high in your scene. Use BB's EnvSphere and IDL for your render settings.

Spots act as you think spots should act in real life. You can accomplish something nice with just 2-3 spots. I use a Main, Rim and Fill for my Spots. Crank the Rim intensity to get a nice hot spot.

Always use IDL in your render settings and RayTrace shadows. (all of the above jmo)

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