Quote - oh, you're welcome! i'm so glad that helped.   oh, and check your email.  i sent you a response to your post on Poser for Dummies about the color swatch input in nodes (white being white or the texture).  my guess is that all inputs do the same thing, which is multiply the input before the node transforms it, but with colors, it's really obvious. 

And I've finally responded to your email as well... which should accurately reflect not only my degree of understanding about all this, but also my rate of learning... lol. I truly think the idea of splintering off this thread into a discussion group on node behaviour is an excellent one, as this thread is becoming too fragmented... and I couldn't think of a more knowledgeable person than you to help us explore these concepts, CobaltDream!

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