I never find the manual helpful. I upgraded from Poser 4 to Poser 6, and have no idea how to use bump maps anymore. It's either not enough, or too much. Maybe a bump map percentage setting example would be helpful. Also, I get strange black spots. Should the displacement box even be checked if you are only using bump maps? I understand they are 2 different concepts, but don't know if a displacement map is a rare thing that can only be created with ZBrush. (While having to laboriously convert the bump maps for the Millenium Dragon and DAZ Troll in Poser 4, I thought it would be nice to have a version of Poser that did this automatically) It's like going from Pro (well, highly competent) to Newbie overnight. (Also I've printed out many forum tips to study on my favorite thing-doing moist sparkly eyes, but it's going to take me quite awhile to learn something that was ridiculously easy to fake in Poser 4) Thank you for your indulgence. -Feeling Retarded in California