If someone could point me in the direction of a comprehensive texturing tutorial for Bryce 4, id really appreciate it. Thanks in advance Tempest

asking for a comprehensive texture tutorial for bryce is like asking for the meaning of life...heh You could try the tutorials at Brycetech http://www.brycetech.com/ for some of the material options as for a great DTE tute, I know of no complete one as of yet..but Hinchu is working very diligently on one and I hope he finished it soon. (I think his address is hinchu.com but I wont swear to that) Lotsa people may throw rocks at me for this one, but the best advise I can offer to make textures look more realistic is to TURN OFF AMBIENCE in the material lab. It makes things look like they are fake. There are occasions when ambience is useful (like computer screens, simulating lights etc) but in general, ambience takes away from the reality of a render. Ok gonna go hide behind the couch while others throw rocks* heh BT

If you really want to get a grip on the DTE you should buy Susan's book. I finally feel like I'm going to be able to produce something without randomly generating textures and tweaking them :D I think the book is worth the money for that chapter alone... Jade