Colm, I paid attention to pixel size today when I cut out the hair area from the app to create a mask. The area (that is the 'white' block with the hair style) is 272 x 375. What I've been doing is creating a mask from a selection, then copying and pasting the hairstyle as new layer and then resizing to fit the 550 x 550 poser image. maybe I'll try resizing before I make the mask. Anyhow, the initial hairstyle area is as I said above. I think I get better results when I do a closeup and apply the hair in the program, but that doesn't work if you have a full figure. Diane B