Elaine - Vue 5 and Botanica work correctly. Take your leaf into an image editor and then follow the second part of my tutorial which discusses leaves and how to make alpha maps. I didn't do anything magical. I didn't have to turn leaves around. All I did was import the leaf and the alpha image and they worked. e-mail me at paula@paulajane.com if you have a part of the process that isn't working and I will be happy to try to help you step by step. I know how frustrating it can be. I have been there myself. Paula