**Bottom line here:** Mapping still not correct. *sigh* Back to the modelling board, I guess, - or can I chop up that blasted rock in UV-mapper and get it mapped more correctly? The rock itself is a cone, - so is a cone a cylinder with a cap or is it a sphere?? Or what?? **chrisjol** : *Beautiful composition Britt.* Thank you :) If you can apply a spherical map to the rocks it should help. Hmm... been working with the mapping most of the day. This is not a spherical map for the rocks, - it's a cylindrical. I guess that's why it's still distorted?? The rock is actually a distroted cone with a "foot". So wouldn't cylindrical map with cap be the most logical way?? **zoozI2000:** *about the first image, I loved the lighting! how did you do it (I want it! I want it!) :-)* Thank you! :) I just experiemented with lights. Added some, changed intenisty, - etc. There are some lightsets that came with poser, - they're a good start. And also there are lightsetting to download. I think, like you that lighting is very difficult, so I just keep trying.. and keep trying! What was it you wanted?? the water-lilly?? I think it's getting there soon now, - when I've gotten it the right size etc, - I'll upload it to the free section. :) **TygerCub** : Thank you for those textures! :)) I've kept working both with these and the ones I've used in the picture. Also very high resolution. I made the maps 2000 x 2000 phew... Still there are problems. I guess the mapping still isn't right. **AprilYSH** : *this will make a great picture, keep at it! got no suggestions, you're finding the answers quite well! :) it's nice to see you try to do as much in poser as possible so you can reuse the scene without having to do massive postwork in ps for each render.* So nice of you to say so! :) Personally I feel like I'm fumbelling in the dark. *lol* I see parts of a solution, - and then when I try it out, - it wasn't quite what I expected.

"- or can I chop up that blasted rock in UV-mapper and get it mapped more correctly?" Yes!

yes, you need to map it better so there are no stretches. it will be fiddly work. can you post a screenshot of just the rocks with no textures in lined mode? then you can see where the stretching is happening. the material you have now looks great though :)

:) Thank you April... *lol* I "slept" on it... and thought it would maybe be better to remodel the thingy, - make the rock(s) a single model, - and the water another. Ehh... it might be cosidered cheating, *lol* so here is the map of the mountain with some of the problem areas Britt

geep... I'll try that! Phew... learning is such a hard thing to do! lol I think I've done almost all the errors in the book at this time!! Britt