Thank's for the quick reply! When you say "turn up the bumps" ...are you refering to the bump gain? ..I have tryed that but still did not get a satisfactory result. Any specific range you recomend? As for the highlights, do tou use the same .jpg image for the highligt production under the variable highligts tab? The scale of the bump is the same as the mapped picture (x and y axis)...so what do you mean by making sure the gain number is the same? Also, the smoothing option does not work with terrains! Thank's for any further help!