Thanks for the tips, everyone. I'll probably render it in Vue or C4d instead of poser--I'm not trying to render a silhouette, I just want to cast the shadow of a wing onto a(normally lit) figure without actually having to go to all the bother of positioning a wing figure in the scene out of the view of the camera. I just want to draw a wing outline in a drawing app, fill it in, and use it as a gel or mask on a light. I'll hang on to all these cool lighting tidbits though...I suck at lighting. MaryCanary