Thanks folks for clearing that texture thing up. I like Aldaron knew about the other features. I guessI am stuck using jpegs as a texture map. Shadowdragonlord,the fractal explanation makes perfect sense. I could kick myself for not realizing this sooner as all this was explained in detail at Bryce Camp 2002. I must have had my head somewhere else...(hehehe) Nu-be - those mat files come from lots of places. I've found some texture generators, but they generate to jpeg. Still there are hundreds of sites that have .mat and other files for free download, especially in Europe. (I've gotten very good at reading German, France and Dutch!) If you want to make your own, my suggestion would be to purchase Susan Kitchen's "Real World Bryce" book as she explains the DTE in detail. I've created a number of materials myself that I will be uploading soon and you'll be welcome to them.