Quote - Vue is vexing, prone to crashing and doesn't render Poser textures very well. Though I use Vue for backgrounds and create skydomes for BB's envirosphere, I far prefer the way my figures look when I render them in Poser.

That is my experience as well.

Quote - Yes, lighting is tricky between the two programs, but my solution to that is to create the background in Vue, make a 72 dpi spherical render and use that to control lighting in Poser with the environment sphere.

I've been doing things like that as well.  Been thinking that it might be good to use the terrain that comes with the Terradome and other similar products, with the Envirosphere (with Vue-rendered image applied).  Might cut down on postwork.