Quote - After reading a bit on google about soft focus, and seeing such a large range of conflicting things about what it is. I was wondering if anyone has done anything in poser with this effect? Can you achieve it at render time? Better yet can you control where it effects (like on females only), and not effect the rest of the scene?

Do you have photoshop? Sounds like something you can do fast with a bit of post work.

Do this first:

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/soft-focus-lens/

Then do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4BUy_78T6w

Let me know if this is close to what you want. In photoshop you can highlight the area where you want the effect to show most like the female only.