Whoa, musta missed your response, sorry =P

While Im not at home now (and wont be for the next few days) I wont get to see what was causing the errors on saving the files, but I think it was something to do w/ me writing over the texture files it creates and prolly (w/ me, more than likely =B) messed up somewhere in there. I wasnt too concerned about naming files, was only testing...

However, after playing more I was able to figure out the switching on/off bit and having the channel youre editing selected. I didnt know it would/was paint/ing more than 1 domain (by "domain" I mean how it separates the millenium figures into head, limbs, body, eyes/lashes, etc) simultaneously. You have to manually switch the domains you want to use AND select the domain you want to paint/edit on. In short, you need to have those paintbrushes on the sides -on- AND you need to have a layer selected... Ive developed the habit of adding a layer above the background and going through the channels carefully selecting what I want to paint and double checking to make sure Im editing on the right layer.

I actually became "somewhat descent" at using the paint tool, its really an awesome added feature to Carrara. Practice makes perfect =)

Again, thanks for the help fellas.

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