Quote - This is an effort to fill that gap. I'm not just going to do experiments and keep them my little secret. I want ALL Poser users who want to get the noggin around material room nodes to take advantage of my experiments, as pathetic as my experiments might be. Means THEY don't have to do them, right?

Now, if that exercise has been done in any of those links I missed it. Please point it out to me if it has been done, because what I am am undertaking is massive and daunting but it must be done!

Robynsveil... I'm completely in agreement with the need for this, and I'm following it. I know a bit about using the advanced material room, but I've always felt I'd like to start again and learn the basics -- the bits that were skipped in my original learning process -- to underpin the tricks and techniques that I've learnt with a thorough understanding of the building blocks. 

So well done you!

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)