How does it actualy render? Are the splotches still there in a final render? There may be a "normals" problem. Try a couple of different save options in UVMapper, and try the "Fix" seams also in UVM. A weld verticies might also help. I've had this problem in other programs, and in older versions of Poser. And it was due to normals screwing up and over smoothing or under smoothing. It just may be the obj file itself. Though I've recently run into problems with PPP not reading objs correctly. Let's hope Poser 5 comes out soon and fixes many bugs in the recent PPP. James