I just read the tutorials Gebe. I don't have Vue at work, so I'll have to play when I get home. Question...On the single branch tutorial you show us how to basically hide the other three portions of the maple. Would it be possible to edit the original image (the flat one with 4 pieces pointing to the corners) and trim out just the one portion needed, and then apply the technique used on the coconut branch? If edited and resized to 512x512, would the image's graininess cause the render to look poor?