Hey Benny

I understand and appreciate what you have said. I work as a graphic designer using photoshop, illustrator, Indesign and a few other applications, my knowledge on the software is fairly advanced.

Photoshop textures in maya however is just a little bit far advanced for me at the moment because Im still a noob to Maya in many senses, I just wanted to know how to get a stone texture using the maya hardware texturing only to allow me to get used to and understand its functions there.
I've tried creating photoshop textures in the past and they have all come out rather dodgy so I need to learn the basics of texturing first. :O)

So if there is a way of creating a stone effect in maya just by using the maya hardware texturing I'd love to know how to do it.

Cheers!