Actually, I think you will find carrara has more options. It is different than poser and there are adjustments to make. If you show it I swear someone can duplicate it in carrara w/ rare exception in the shading department. Poser shaders are often specifically designed with it in mind tho. The shader tree in carrara has more options as far as I am aware, but you really have to learn to mix them in each channel...they are really unlimited...not kidding. Using operators and combinations correctly is key. If you are trying to tweak certain poser textures or duplicate a look...you will have to adjust...there is more there to learn. Formulas are used by some people, but docs are scarce. Docs I can't really show you, but here is something for formulas that is interesting.It's in french. I have played with some of these. The yahoo lists may help you find someone who has worked with these alot. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/ http://gianp.free.fr/carrara/indexcarrara.html

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    Just make it invisible.