to load a poser figure into carrara (I use the updated Mac version) I export the poser 4.02.118 figure as an obj ** (default settings) to a folder that contains ALL the maps associated with the figure and which was used to load the textures to the original poser figure. Then I import the wavefront obj file into an existing scene in carrara using the default settings. To check that ALL the maps are in the folder, read the mtl or mat file as a text file to confirm that the paths referring to each map go to the folder and that all the maps called by the mtl or mat file are in the folder. I guess you could delete the materials file, but then you lose so much info. you could also delete the parts of the materials file that refer to maps you can't find. ** when exporting the poser obj, I click off the universe first, then click on just the figure and the props that I need. transparency maps are still a problem, though. don't know how to easily do those yet. I hope it will be fixed in the next patch, for which we have to check the onelist Carrara message board frequently.