Hi yam Pat! What you want to make is a material that will work with all or any item you choose, right?

If so, go to the Material room and Make your material. (Please note that if you use a texture that is specific to the dress in question for the texture It will only work with this dress, but you will be able to apply it to anything!! )

1. With the Material Room Open Click Edit > Memorize Object

2. Click the little plus sign at the bottom of the Materials Library page. It's a good idea to Naviage to the folder you want your new material to appear in.

3. Poser will pop up a dialog box for a New Material Set

4. Give it a logical name

5. Chose Single Material if you want a texture to apply to anything. (If it's a part of something else, Poser will tell you and you can choose those options if you want)

This will save as an *.MT5

Or

5. if you want a texture that works with ALL parts of the item, like you have a transparency at the hem, and piping on the seams, and you want to save all your work, Chose Material Collection, and then choose the parts of the item you want to be included in the Material Set. This will save as an MC6.

Either way, the new Material will appear in the folder you told it to. It will be ugly, but it will be there!!! Poser takes a bad screen shot of your item on the stage and makes that the icon. It does a better job for hte MT5, because it uses the Preview at the bottom of Poser Surface (in the advanced area) to make the icon.

Good luck!

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Andy!