DOH!!!! Dammit, ajax! That is sooo obvious and sooo correct! I must be in need of a check-up. I have no idea why I didn't just apply a trans map. I was so fixated with the idea of it being a texture, it just didn't filter through to my sorry excuse for a brain. Well, it's too late to head for the coffee-pot now, but tomorrow I'll have a double-ration. What a dummy! LOL. mac