Thanks for the tip but I all ready have the 4.3 version installed. I have found the problem I do believe. I have been creating my textures in PhotoShop and have been using and saving the alpha channels (make-up areas, eyebrows, etc.), as I have been working. I had not taken them out before saving to tif (since it will flatten with the channels in place)- as soon as I removed all the saved alpha channels, Poser was then happy again and loaded up my textures. It took all day to figure out this little inconvenace. Thanks Sam for your help and reply.