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Hello there! I'm new to Compuserve and I've been using Imagine 3.1 for the past month or so, and I have a few questions I hope someone can answer. I don't ask questions until I've gone through the manual and could not find the answer there, so here they are: 1) How does the METALS texture work? In the text file, METALS was overlooked, and I have no idea of what the input boxes for the parameters relate to. How do I make something gold or brass or chrome, etc., and how do I apply a finish (smooth, bumpy, peened, etc.)? 2) Suppose I have two objects. Is there an easy way to copy and apply the attributes of object one to object two? 3) Hardware question: In the attributes box, the object color is dithered but I have a Diamond Viper video card with 2MB of ram, so it can support 16 million colors. Do you have any idea why the object color is dithered? Thank you in advance for your attention. Joe Vicas