I could not agree more. Like many others I do leave the "default pass" alone for modeling and other misc. tasks though.
Ed From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andi Farhall Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Hiding background partitions etc My particular workflow is to always hide background partitions for both geometry and lights and to explicitly set visibility of all partitions, and I do this as i feel it gives me a more secure control over what shows up in renders. I currently experiencing some scenes which use a much more relaxed approach to object visibility and whilst i wrestle with them i'm contemplating making some suggestions to my superiors, but thought it wise to garner some opinions here, just in case i'm completey wrong.... cheers, Andi.

