Thank you for the reminder about using HDRI within Poser.

I was wondering whether anyone regularly rendered using HDRI for some purpose outiside of Poser. Given the options for modifying an HDRI image (using external apps), would it be better to render in a particular way? Perhaps by trying to avoid strong contrasting shades and to keep smooth shadows.

As far as I can see, there should be no reason to use an external app, but I am wondering whether it really may be easier to get a final desired result by using an external app; rather than relying entirely on Poser.