I am assuming the answer to this is no. I am wanting to change the color of a waterfall, the only thing available that I have seen is the emittance lighting which only gives the waterfall a hue of whatever light you choose.

If my suspicions are correct and there is no way to do it within the ck, what would be the easiest way (in dummy peoples language) to go about this? one of the third party programs? nifscope? Blender? if so, is there any decent write ups on such a thing?

Admittedly, I couldn't model or texture my way out of a paper sack, but I did manage to recolor a Dwemer puzzle cube so http://i.imgur.com/Io6e6.jpg. I used Photoshop with a DDS extension and just replaces the red w/ green. There are bound to be other ways though...

hmm, ok, well photoshop im not so bad at, and my GF is a graphic designer so if I cant do it, I know she can, where did you get the dds extension? ill try that and see if i can get it to work

http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1330609-if-youve-released-a-texture-mod-or-plan-to-please-read/page__st__90__p__20488738__hl__dxt5__fromsearch__1#entry20488738

Stop playing around with Skyrim and play around with her you lucky so and so.