Right click on the material sphere and select "Edit" In the bottom section titled "Coloring sphere" select the tick box "Use Mapped Picture" There will then be an area titled "Picture file" with a Load button in it. Navigate to your texture map and you're set. This is all I've found out so far... I've not used Vue for long, but I'm sure bumps use a similar approach. Really, just go in there and dig around a bit and you'd be amazed what you can teach yourself. Tilandra