The Edge_Blend experiment didn't work, so far as I can tell, but I'm pretty sure I didn't use it properly.

Anyway, I learned that under the Env Sphere with high quality IDL settings, what previously looked like artifacts above no longer does so. I may have to experiment again with indoor settings and see if high enough IDL quality fixes it there too.

I almost don't need the faux shadowing here, although it's still on. I added an additional short hair group hugging the scalp next to the part to make things look better.

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Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X/MSI MAG570 Tomahawk X570/Zotac Geforce GTX 1650 Super 4GB/32GB OLOy RAM

Software: Windows 10 Professional/Poser Pro 11/Photoshop/Postworkshop 3