1.Ive tried to change the texture of my zygote Knight so loaded the knightmap into photoshop and changed it and saved it as new KnightmapC But when i go into Poser he and tray to load the new texture he ignores it completly(tels me its there but loads the old one. 2.When I look at the shields texture there is a dragon but when i render it there is no dragon at all 3.When I try to fix the shield to the Arm it completly deforms. Sorry for bothering you with sich simple things but i think you all where beginners to a while ago Thanks to all who try to help me

First of all are you using Poser 3 or 4? Because I think 3 needs .bmp files not .jpg. If you're using 4 and the new map is .jpg it should read it. Go to Render, Materials and make sure you check the box that applies the texture changes to the entire figure. Also, since I haven't seen the Zygote Knight, make sure everything on the figure is white so that the new texture will show. Now the problem with the shield can be a number of things, maybe you are actually looking at the back of the shield? Sometimes the front and back look reversed before rendering.You may want to rotate it around and try again. If this is also from Zygote and nothing works, write to them. Otherwise post a picture so we can see what you mean. When you parent and object sometimes you may want to check "Inherit bends" and sometimes not. Try both to see which is better for you. Hope some of this helps. In many other aspects I am also still a beginner, but that's the fun of it, always discovering new things!

Okay, are you setting the texture so that changes apply to the whole figure? If there's a dragon on the texture, but it doesn't show up when you render it, it certainly sounds as if you're only applying the texture to part of the figure. Which is deforming, the arm or the shield? Are you trying to parent the arm to the shield (this is something I had a habit of doing when I started with Poser). Hope this helps some and, if you need further help, contact me here or via e-mail Paul

Jon has a good point too, make sure that the figure is set to white Paul