Someone in another Renderosity forum suggested that it was a light without shadows, too, and suggested turning on the shadows for that light to fix it.  Which kinda worked -- at least on the face -- though it wasn't the light I expected it would be.  So, I think your analysis is right on.  Thanks.

I may try your version of the solution, too, as there's still part of the figure -- her crotch and inner thigh - that seems to pick up a reflection no matter how many shadows I turn on in the current light setup.  My theory is that the slight "shine" (don't know the technical word) the script gives to the skin just "peaks" in that area -- as if the body were oiled and the oil was catching the light just right in that area, and reflecting as a shine.

With the light set to ray trace shadows, that shine looks more "realistic" - but the original render didn't have it.  And even if I turn all the "secondary" lights off, the shine is still there, so I'm guessing it's the main light.  (Didn't try turning that one off, and it already has shadows.)

It's not the worst thing in the world, but it is a bit annoying on a nude render -- which is how I've been working on this -- to have the crotch slightly "spotlighted."  (Could it be a reflection from the "ground" she's standing on?)

I wondered, though, if it might have happened because I ran the shader script multiple times as I was learning.  (First time it told me that I'd run it using the wrong light.)

Which brings up another question: Is there an easy way to "scrub" a skin shader (script) out of a light/figure and just start again?

I tried removing the old set of lights and putting in a new, duplicate set. But that didn't work.  (Oddly enough, none of the other light setups I tried had either the "face glow" or the "crotch glow" problems.

Thanks for your help.

Quote - Here's my guess.

You have a light directly behind her head and shadows are not enabled for this light. Light is leaking through and illuminating her face.

That's possible.  It's an out-of-the-box light set, so i haven't changed anything on it - but I certainly can check that.

Thanks.

If you want to see the original render, without RSS, there's a wallpaper version here:

http://stephendsullivan.com/wordpress/?page_id=697

If that helps for future advice.

Quote - Might help someone help you if you post your render settings.

Laurie

It's the Poser standard settings with the bar pushed over to the "final render" setting area (just before the end) on the right.

Didn't fiddle with anything else.

Thanks.  I'll check the AO settings - and probably take your advice on posting in the other forum, too.

Tried to match content to board, but I don't post a lot, soo.

Again, thanks.

Just getting back into this, after a long "lay off" between Poser 4 and 7...

So, if I'm reading this right, one can rearrange the files in the Library section of Runtime freely -- using explorer the same way one would organize other computer files -- because the Library is just a reference of where the other actual files (textures, geometries, poses, etc.) are located.

Is that correct?

And, there may be some easy way to do this within P7 that I havent' discovered yet.

Like the original author, I, too have a Poser Library so full of files (many under the creator names) that it's becoming difficult to find the hair, props, characters, etc. that I need.

Once upon a time, I'd figured out how to "fix" this problem in P4, but that was a long time ago.

Any further help would be appreciated.

Thanks.