adp, the only trouble with the materials using the preview is that they all seem to come in "glossy" whereas the defaults seem to come in like I have them in Poser - with a simple color and a matte surface. Also, since the material zone Preview in Poser is normally not what carries the texturemap info, will this be a problem? :o) I guess tho with objects that don't have any material zone but the Preview, there isn't a choice...lol.

I'm just trying to understand how things work ;o).

Laurie