Quote - This may seem silly, but why not use LuxRender as the previewer?  I know it can be done, as another product does just this for their preview. 

For me, it would seem to be beneficial to be able to see exactly what the material would look like in Luxrender.

which sounds fine to mee too, but currently I'm facing a

• do Poser materials
• save Poser file
• (re)open P2L
• (re)load P2L settings etc
• do adjusted P2L settings
• save result
• run LuxRender
• save P2L settings
• close P2L
• back to stage 1

cycle, and I woud be so happy if that could come as close as possible to

• do Poser materials
• skip or do adjusted P2L settings
• do LuxRender

like I have now:

• do Poser
• skip or adjust render settings
• run Firefly

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Usually I'm wrong. But to be effective and efficient, I don't need to be correct or accurate.

visit www.aRtBeeWeb.nl (works) or Missing Manuals (tutorials & reviews) - both need an update though