That's alright James,no hurt feelings. we share such a strong bond with Kalypso that we tend to get over-protective to each other! :o) While on the texturing subject, I'd like to share a few of my secrets..I always work with 4 applications open at the very same time, Corel Photopaint 9, Poser4 (so I can test progressively),UVmapper to alter texture maps or assign new materials if needed, plus Windows exploreropen at the Geometries dir so I can delete old rsr files of last trial obj.. The source of this dress has been the original painting itself..a huge 2000dpi scan - size of an actual wall- so I could have all the detail I need! :o) From there on..it's just a matter of lots of patience..cutting off bits with masks, creating seamless fills, duplicating, cloning, adjusting hues and other effects..ending up with a result from 70 to 150 layers some times.. I like to keep my work that way till the very end, so I have full control for effects on each layer, over the final texture map as well as the bump map if needed! I'm just grateful that my PC doesn't choke on such huge graphic documents (usually ove 40MB before final combination with background and necessary compression), that's why I love Photopaint and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! :o) On the specific dress, the hardest part was to much the above part with the skirt below during texturing..you see they are two completely different items with seperate maps of non corresponding sizes.. Top of the dress is sistervickie's nurse outfit by steve shanks (yeap..that's what I've used!) and bottom is a prop I made of the default formal dress - hip area and below! It took about 4 test renders and alterations but at the end I reached success.. texture and fills sizes did much! :o) This is a mini-tutorial I guess of my standard procedure ritual while I texture, so be all my guests and give it a shot yourselves..it's the part I enjoy the most while creating a character & it sure it's fun! :o)

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