O.K. thanks for your help.

 Yupp... knew I hadn't made myself clear smiles.   I can do all that but.... I am trying to save it into my library so that all I have to do is 'double click' on the 'mat' in pose and it will be changed. I can do it with clothing (and have even uploaded some freebies), but for some reason this isn't working and I am wondering if it's because I have added the 'material'. Now that I have made and saved the 'material', do I not try to add it in the .pz2.... but just add it after when I want to use it? 

 O.K.... made a 'material' that I am happy with... finished adding all the other textures, but can't get it to work.
The original is a 'prop', and I have been trying to save it as a prop or pose.. neither seem to work.
I did the same as I would a piece of clothing eg... getting rid of all the :Runtime and leaving it from :textures. I'v changed the 6 to 4.01 and mtlcollection to figure. The only thing I can think of is that I have made and saved the 'material'..... is there something else I should have done.... and half way down the page it started coming up with the owners name  which I left. 
I know this isn't very clear, so what parts should I take a snapshot of to show you what's happening?

 So much help and suggestions, thank you so much everyone

 Thanks, will check them out... that would save a lot of heartache, but I'm still going to have a go, just for myself.. who knows they may turn out alright.  

Only 93 days to Xmas? Oh My God....LOL

 Ahhh.. thank you Acadia, but one..... I want to learn and two.... don't you have to make your own if you are wanting to 'upload' a texture? One day I would like to try selling, and for that I will need to know how to do these things... won't I??

 Thank you. That works... now all  I have to do is learn how to make a jewel look like one. I'm guessing it will be the same way.

 I got him from a disc I get with my magazine  "Imagine FX". So I don't know if you can just get him at the site, but here's the name of the site.
        
                  Digimation               

If you have any trouble send me a pm, and if you can help me with the 'bones'..... that would be great.

 Thank you, I shall go there now.

 O.K. I think I understand. I'll give this a go later and see if it works.... as I understand it.  I do know that I can put other 'materials' on to different things, as I have done that, and I must admit with my latest faerie picture, it didn't turn out too bad, but that's what got me thinking. 
Thank you everyone for your help, but no doubt ...... I shall be back.  smiles

 oh yes... I forgot that 'z' meant 'compressed'.. no that's not what I want.  smiles
So, say I made a material (png or jpg)in photoshop, I would then go into the material room in Poser.... apply the material onto something, say a dress,.. play with all the different settings (nodes?) until I had something I liked and then save it?  What do I do with the dress that I applied the material to, as I don't want that?

 I guess so.  I want to be able to make  mz5.
I know how to go in and change mc6 to pz2, would it be something like that?

 I guess it's here somewhere but I can't seem to find it. smiles What I am looking for is a simple 'how to' on making materials., the sort where you would just click on to change a dress. The ones I have looked at seem to be using materials already made, I want to learn how to actually make the materials. I guess it's a case of making a material in photoshop and then somehow converting it over to Poser. Can anyone help me please.   I'm working with Poser 6 and Photoshop CS2

 Have just been into the 'official' site and I'm told the Poser 6 isn't compatable with the nice, new computer I'v just bought. It was bad enough that I can't use my 'classic' stuff any more.... now this?

Thank you chris 1972, that worked, now I will just have to re-make the figure I was putting together and can't use, still..... that's one more 'bug' out of the way. Can I call on you if I have any more trouble, as there doesn't seem to be much support for Poser 6 from the makers?