Hi, whoopdat-- Since i'm still fiddling with transmaps, could you expand on the "check the black" part? Do you mean go read the RGB when you have the map loaded in Photoshop and see that the value is 0,0,0? White shows, black masks. i recently changed a texture map for a simple dress & added a transmap for same. How far over the black line edges of the UV map do you have to paint? i was getting funny streaks not the color i applied on the seams, and yet i'd overlapped them somewhat. Thanks-- Nan