Heh on "Ambiant." I am still trying to convince Eovia that no operation I perform in Carrara will cause me to "Loose" data! (On an unsuspecting world, perhaps?) The only thing Eovia's people are saying now is "make sure you have the most recent video card drivers." Only texture I've gotten to show up so far is the checkers used in the UV editor -- but those didn't show up until I closed the editor window.