Thank you, Bagginsbill, for taking the time to go through this. I more or less follow what you show me--I know something of masks from Photoshop and Premiere--but I really know nothing of shaders, how they work or how to blend them in nodes in Poser. There must be some tutorials here at Renderosity, or elsewhere, that will start me off at the beginning--or perhaps you can recommend one? I'll start looking. I can see that using a shader to simulate the nylon surface of a stocking-over-flesh is going to be the best system, but is is probably going to be the final flourish in what I am doing. Even with a shader, we need a darker welt at the top and at the heel, with some kind of texture, and various wrinkle details. As I understand it, the shader will provide the glistening translucent surface--over these details. Is that right?

I figure over the next week I'll continue refining and detailing while I start a study of the basics of nodes and shaders.......Don

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