Not sure what type of specific effect you are looking for ST. I did this the simplest way I could think of: I applied a magnet to the ball prop and stretched it out to the shape of a teardrop. Then I applied a transmap to it and played around with the transmap and Highlight amounts. I don't know if this will do for hat you want. But you can import as many of these tears drops as you like and really make him Ball. ;-) ScottA