thanks, yes, I imported the pz3 file, not an obj or anything like that. I could think that I may have misplaced the transmap, but then, the rest of the hair wouldn't be transparent? and if so, then the Poser render would show that the transmap is missing... but, as you can see, the file that was rendered in poser, is exactly the same file that was imported into Vue. I'm seriouslt at loss in this one...