I have been testing the render settings in Poser 8. After hearing that an image I had made seemed like the character was too pink and also flat I wanted to see what different render settings did. So in case my computer screen isn't the best at image resolution I wanted to ask here which one of these renders you feel is best? Both are in the same light (I made 3 lights to create the illusion of the sun). I have used a very light blue as the diffuse color on the figure.

This image was with tone mapping in the render settings set to none. Post filter type is sinc, and post filter size is 3.

 And this one has the same settings except the tone mapping is set to HSV Exponential.

 Now one other thing I would like to ask about is that when I export this image it looks the same as the other. But in the poser window it looks like this (this is a screen shot). So I am also wondering why that is? 

"Better" is completely subjective, and it depends on what you're trying to do.

If you are looking for a picture with a strong edgelight and dramatic highlights, then the first is better. If you want a pic with more subtle and soft lighting, the second is better. (I think for most purposes, however, people will prefer the second one.)

As for why both look the same when exported, it may depend on the file type you use to export. I don't believe that Poser supports 16 bit JPGs, for example. But it might export with 16 bits in other forms. Try exporting as a TIFF or (if you've got Photoshop/Gimp, a PSD).

Agree with Moriador "Better" is bit subjective for me personally,but personally I would choose 2nd render 

And agree too with exporting as TIFF,which will open you bit more possibilities in many other apps as above mentioned Gimp,Paint.net etc 

I personally prefer to export as TIFF and JPG,both I'm keeping 

Hope this help

Thanks,Jura

I agree with the others who have posted, it is completely subjective but given a choice I prefer the second render.

As to formats I have a long history of photography and it is usual to save any photo in TIFF and only use JPG as the last action.  If you keep modifying a JPG you loose detail due to compression each time it is saved.  With the advent of digital photography, in most cases, the starting point is RAW then TIFF and JPEG.  This is much for the same reason as before in that you capture all of the data with RAW allowing you far more flexibility with post processing the image.