Probably alot of your specific questions are covered in the manual. Although the present company are certainly knowlegable... but maybe admittedly rusty with Firefly now. If you want to go down an incredibly informative rabbit hole just advanced search any of your Firefly rendering topics with the member name Bagginsbill in the username. Without doubt it's where everyone here learned the stuff.

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