Thanks Ronstuff, My head is swimming a little so lets see if I get this: in practical terms, if one reduces the size (dimensions>size) of a tex. map then it doesn't matter because it will be proportionally applied to the figure? My understanding is, it is kind of like using a towel for a blanket? You would have to use several of them and they wouldn't necessarily line up? By reducing the tex. map size wouldn't that result in less quality? You would be changing the pixel information on a tex. map. Or, does it even matter, if not, then why are tex. maps made so large? My reasoning is you can get more info in a larger file, therefore more quality? I have applied small tex maps to large objects with bad results. Tiling sometimes solves this depending on what kind of effect you are going for; but, mostly it is unatural.