ok, gabriel, thanks for reply. how about including textures of that kind as photoshop layers? i think paintshop can read them also - and i trust you made them there - so it could ease a thing or two... would it be possible to show some extreme blow ups of skin texture? i need it because i do sometimes medical illustrations or animations where camera gets real close to the body. picture doesn't need to be big, i want just an impression of the skin. if you think it's too much of the promotion, please send it to info@4d-grafik.de - thanks! anyway, finally someone who realises that human skin isn't evenly colored all over!