Okay . In the top I think (but it is the one with squares in the example I gave) there should be a button dot thinger ..there is The picture and texture one on the bottom and the "edit" one on the top .. make sure it is a picture and then click the edit dot ...For the transparancy you have to load the hair trans or whatever else you are working with in BOTH of the first two windows .. This will leave a white area where your stuff is and the transparant square thing for the non active areas ... Repeat with the color and bump on the second one .. The first square is the color, the second the bump and trans, the third is the combined form for the most part ... I do it instinctively now so my directions aren't the best .. There is a full tutorial by Spike I think on transparancies etc ....Just have to bookmark the tread next time it pops up but it is asked fairly often if you wnat to look at oler messages on the Bryce board .. later