> Quote - *If you have Poser 9/PP12 uncheck "Light Emitter" for the hair when using raytracing. If you have a version before, uncheck "Visible in Raytracing" (but not for P9/PP12) to speed things up.* > > *Laurie*

This must rank as one of the best Poser tips ever!  After unchecking "light Emitter" on the dynamic hair, the attached image went from about 1 hour to render to about 5 minutes, even with the shadows switched on for each of the 270,000 or so hairs!

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