I made a graphic from a seam template and used mat pose edit to create a pz2 file The problem is it doesnt seem to be applying the mat when i click it. The item is a prop. Any ideas

Technically, poses (even MAT poses) can only be applied to figures. But if you parent the prop to a figure, then the MAT pose should work.

Odd I have added mike2 and a bandana but when i try and set parent no figure for mike 2 exists. I see the bandana but i dont see the figure for mike or his head. I also tried to do it the old fashion way and load the texture but i failed there also. To be honest I have not had much succes in poser5 adding images. I clicked materials, new node, 2d texture,image map browsed for jpg ... right click apply to all from here i render and its green. i change the diffuse color to white and render and its white. no such luck. So i guess im not sure why i cant parent and why i cant load a texture properly thanks little dragon you rock