I am working on 2 that will use the layer prop. Problum is it confues most people and they have a very hard time useing them ( placing people in the scene ). I guess they do not use the transparentcy pose to turn it off and on again. Phily Go to the pose folder for the cyclorama and use the turn off / on transparancy mat. Place your characters then turn it back on. Your low res problum I am not sure try to not place thing to close to the wall . Is this prob with all of them or only a few ? Do you have this problum with LaurieA Textures ? If so your rendering wrong and need to not check cast shadow and have anti alias on