Oh OH; you got me started on Lighting! :o

For Poser Pro and Poser 10 basically, throw out all of your old light sets.  For a sunny outdoor scene, use an environment sphere with a sky map and a single infinite light for the Sun set at about 40% intensity and render with IDL, with the IDL intensity set to ~70%.

For inside scenes put point lights where there are light fixtures in the scene.

No depth mapped shadows.  Ever.

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