The first one ceratinly is possible, I can post an example later today. I can't say much about the second one yet, as I'm not very fluent in XSI, and it looks like the screentshots document only parts of it. I'm not sure if XSI EXP will load the shader that's posted. Anyone wanna give me $499 for XSI Foundation? (You will get a P5 car paint shader in return)