i only know a couple of MEL commands.., generally i need to look them up. google is good. just type in the question.., how do i

as for the PS script.., you mean an 'applett' or whatever they are called?? i should imagine anything possible and yes.., great idea.., as long as the textures were the same size.., but i suppose you could write it as 'percent.'

funny, im a sound designer at school too.., went from sound at uni and about.., (even the odd nomination for best sound designer here and there.., never won.., oh yea.., once i won a $500 pair of headphones.., very nice) to CGI at TAFE.

i think it just a simple matter of cropping the image and overlapping the plates so there is no seam. you will need to overlap around 10-15%. (so i hear )