I followed your mini tutorial and everything worked just as it should have. I could have sworn that is what I was doing before. Maybe just a blockage in the cranial cavity. when I said that I was going in through the DTE, I left out that I was then going into the Source Editor afterwards. I really appreciate all your help. You also cleared up something else that I was wondering about in reference to the alpha channel and bump windows. I'm getting a much better understanding of the DTE now that things have been dramaticaly cleared up. Especially the what mapping mode I am in. I see what a difference that makes when putting a bmp or jpeg to an object. Aldaron, I thank you also for your input. Rayraz, YEAH BABY!! Big difference in render times from a 1.1 T-Bird. When the next gen of vid cards comes out (after the gf 4) then I will get a new card. Stephen, also, about that image. I would really like your opinion, if possible.

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