*Very good examples JoePublic.

"But there is still and never was a reason to get all uppity and declare any other lightning technique obsolete."

*Oh no, IBL and AO are not obsolete.
But they are the "old way" of faking some sort of IDL.

If you render with IDL, it is better to NOT havve an IBL or any AO. ( AO is internally ignored anyway when IDL is set to ON)

But for some creative scenes they are still usefull.
Just do not render with IDL then and stay with Poser7 techniques.

Ps, my default scene is within BB's shere, with One true white infinite light at 55%, and my default render is with IDL and with GC, but without SSS.

SSS that is very noticable for close-ups, but looses its effect the further your figure is in the scene.

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