'In fashion photography, blue and pink gels are often used to soften the notorious orange and green hues found in various lighting' Anton, I've been banging on about this for years, trying to get people to listen. I know you were a make-up artist, so have done a lot of studio work. Well, I AM a fashion photographer and I know how to light skin. Granted, computer lighting isn't the same, but there are several things people can do to improve it. This is my advice to anyone lighting in poser. First of all, my light color is set at RGB 255/240/230. That gives a warmish pink color to the skin, without actually changing it's color dramatically. The best light is afternoon sunlight, which is warm, and kind to the skin. That's why photographers try to simulate it. Secondly, I set my P4's ambient skin color to RGB 54/27/20 to warm up the skin. I HATE grey skin. Black, as an ambient color, sucks! Of course, all this depends a lot on your monitor too. What looks right for me, won't be exactly the same for everyone else. Thirdly, I have my shadow map size set at 1024 and, for most lighting, the shadow size set at 0.100, or soft, with the intensity set to 110%. This improves things dramatically too. Fourthly, I tend to use just 1 light. Straight on the front of the face, just like I do in the studio. Well, not always, of course, but I try to use simple, direct light as much as possible. I keep seeing people use too many lights. If you have 10 lights in poser, you'll never control the shadows. And a fashion photographer would NEVER use 10 lights on a model! At the most, you can throw in a fill light, or 2 if you must, keeping the intensity to around 50%. (In the studio I only ever use white panels for fill, never lights, but we're talking poser here.) Lastly....GET RID OF THE CRAP DEFAULT PISS-GREEN-GREY BACKGROUNDS! Look at Anton's pic! It's CLEAN! And half of that is because it's on a white background. If you use a color, make sure it's a decent one. And avoid yellows for skin shots. Cool colors or autumn colors are good for skin. Poser lighting isn't perfect, but it can be improved. My advice is to start off simple and take it from there. mac PS Looking forward to seeing your lighting, Anton