Off topic, since this does not apply to your post per se, and is just some general info on making MAT files. I have not looked at these tuts so I hope I am not being redundant with this method, yet in the past I have found folks do not know this simple trick. Here is an easy, down and dirty way to make a mat file in a text editor using a cr2 file and an existing pose file. Take any standard pose file, and remove all text after the header, leaving just the following (or else manually type this info in at the top of the text file you are making): { version { number 4.0 ( version may very, I always set to 4.0) } figure { [At this point open the cr2 for the item and copy and paste in the entire Material section (near bottom of cr2 file) If you want, just start after conforming 1 to end of file, this will give you the footer info. For the footer, remove all lines of text after the end of the material section, leaving only the three } to close out the file. The footer will look like something like below for the end of file.] } } } Give the file a new name and save as pz2 to Pose library. Now you can use this as a template and change any texture, transmap settings as needed, etc., or you can set up a new cr2, save it, and copy the material section again to make a new MAT file. Yes there are faster ways to make MATs once you get the hang of what you are doing and start manually editing the file by hand, but for beginners this is a very easy way to start since most the time you have the cr2 you save set up like you want it, with all textures loaded and material colors, hightlights, etc. applied as desired. Hope this helps in some small way. :O)