Now that I finally have my preview issues solved, I decided to try the Real Skin Shader again. When I load the shader and it's generated the skin, I get warning symbols on pretty much everything. And when I go to the advanced view, I just get a head ache trying to figure out what may need to be adjusted. I'm still pretty much just a hobbyist here but trying to learn a little something new each time. Also, when I render, I lose a lot of my AO and develop "blemishes" or bright pixels in the render. I'm sure I'm just being stupid and there's probably something easy that I'm not doing. But hey.. that's what forums are for right? To ask the smart people. Thanks, Ritchard