Hi

I think that this covers at least some of what you are seeing.

At least an explanation of the washed out image thing and how to fix it.

http://poser.smithmicro.com/tutorials/HDRI.html

I'm not sure about the half image showing up though I've had times when I've had that happen with things I imported into Poser.

Mike

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