I think it was me who recommended exporting as obj to cut down on resources in large scenes. And, if I remember rightly, you were having poser crashes with a lot of figures, so I still do recommend it. English Bob is correct. The materials and maps will all still be there. All you need to do is set the transparency slider to 100% for the appropriate materials. I don't know about parenting the objs to a figure to apply the MATs. Unless the MAT address a specific prop, it's doubtful if they will work. mac