I've tried leaving Poser rendering over night (about 10 hours in total), and it still freezes half way through the rendering process. AS far as the tex maps go they possibly are 4000x4000 - I wouldn't know nor where to find that out. In terms of how many seperate maps, I'd say it's probably a good bet that there are a lot, head boyd, bump poss eyes too. You're point on rendering time is a good one, Vue d'Esprit also has that feature, as well as the time left, useful to know whether to go for a mug of tea or a good nights sleep :oD