Me either-as to the blonde. Mine is quite darkish. Thanks for the tip, Allie--I just looked in my manual to refresh myself as to the 'names' of the sliders (as I said, both times I reinstalled Poser, I lost the titles of the sliders--strange, but true G) and the falloff is set just a tad 'up' and I found I had to use both Max and Min to get full transparency. I wonder if Tim took his texture map into PS and adjusted color (which I have done with the Kyoko hair, esp. for my redheads--and then I just saved a 'red' texture also). Diane B