Quote - Please be gentle?
OK, wil try..

Please, please, please remove ALL AO everywhere you can find it.
Remove all AO from all lights, and or all materials.
AO is fake.
AO is fake IDL and is from previous Poser versions when there was not IDL yet.

You have the real thing = IDL, render with IDL.
Raytrace bounces 2-3
Pixel Samples 3-4

 

i couldnt disagree more.

AO still has its place. in order to render ultrafine IDL shadows on small objects you would have to crank your shadow intensity and IDL/render settings through the roof and subsequently deal with shadow artifacts/splotchiness when you could have achieved better results by selectively using AO instead.

i am not talking about just turning default AO on on your lights indiscriminately, but rather using the AO node sparingly in the material room to enhance fine shadows on objects.  an AO node plugged into your ground/backdrop also helps ground your figure in the image.