diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa6d8ef..f5583ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # assimp-go
 
+## Using assimp-go
+
+The `release()` function is used to free underlying C resources and should be called after all processing that requires C code is done.
+`release()` Will not affect the returned Go structs like `Scene` or `Mesh`. Returned Go data will remain valid.
+
+`asig.X` functions call into C and therefore should not be used on released objects. Calling any `asig.X` function after `release()` is **undefined**.
+
+While `asig` functions should NOT be called on a Scene (or its objects) after they have been released, methods on structs (e.g. `myScene.XYZ`, `myMesh.ABCD()`) are **safe** even after release.
+
 ## Developing assimp-go
 
 We link against static assimp libraries that are built for each platform and added to the `asig/libs` package.
@@ -21,11 +30,11 @@ For platform specific steps:
 **Windows**:
 
 > Note: You must compile with the same C/C++ compiler you use with Go (e.g. if you use MinGW with Go, then compile assimp with MinGW by sepcifying the correct `-G` option)
-
+---
 > Note: If you get compilation errors with things like `File too big` or `can't write 166 bytes to section` then cmake isn't detecting you are using MinGW, so add this flag `-D CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_MINGW=TRUE`
 
 Now assuming you are using MinGW on windows:
 
 - Clone wanted release of assimp and run `cmake CMakeLists.txt -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -D ASSIMP_BUILD_ZLIB=ON -D ASSIMP_BUILD_ASSIMP_TOOLS=OFF -D ASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -G "MinGW Makefiles"` in the root folder
 - Run `cmake --build . --parallel 6`
-- Copy the generated `*.lib` file into `asig/lib`
+- Copy the generated `*.lib` (or `*.a`) files into `asig/lib`
diff --git a/asig/asig.go b/asig/asig.go
index c46c44f..237a9af 100755
--- a/asig/asig.go
+++ b/asig/asig.go
@@ -28,7 +28,59 @@ type Node struct {
 type Animation struct {
 }
 
+type Texel struct {
+	R, G, B, A byte
+}
+
 type Texture struct {
+	/** Width of the texture, in pixels
+	 *
+	 * If mHeight is zero the texture is compressed in a format
+	 * like JPEG. In this case mWidth specifies the size of the
+	 * memory area pcData is pointing to, in bytes.
+	 */
+	Width uint
+
+	/** Height of the texture, in pixels
+	 *
+	 * If this value is zero, pcData points to an compressed texture
+	 * in any format (e.g. JPEG).
+	 */
+	Height uint
+
+	/** A hint from the loader to make it easier for applications
+	 *  to determine the type of embedded textures.
+	 *
+	 * If mHeight != 0 this member is show how data is packed. Hint will consist of
+	 * two parts: channel order and channel bitness (count of the bits for every
+	 * color channel). For simple parsing by the viewer it's better to not omit
+	 * absent color channel and just use 0 for bitness. For example:
+	 * 1. Image contain RGBA and 8 bit per channel, achFormatHint == "rgba8888";
+	 * 2. Image contain ARGB and 8 bit per channel, achFormatHint == "argb8888";
+	 * 3. Image contain RGB and 5 bit for R and B channels and 6 bit for G channel, achFormatHint == "rgba5650";
+	 * 4. One color image with B channel and 1 bit for it, achFormatHint == "rgba0010";
+	 * If mHeight == 0 then achFormatHint is set set to '\\0\\0\\0\\0' if the loader has no additional
+	 * information about the texture file format used OR the
+	 * file extension of the format without a trailing dot. If there
+	 * are multiple file extensions for a format, the shortest
+	 * extension is chosen (JPEG maps to 'jpg', not to 'jpeg').
+	 * E.g. 'dds\\0', 'pcx\\0', 'jpg\\0'.  All characters are lower-case.
+	 * The fourth character will always be '\\0'.
+	 */
+	FormatHint string
+
+	/** Data of the texture.
+	 *
+	 * Points to an array of mWidth * mHeight aiTexel's.
+	 * The format of the texture data is always ARGB8888 to
+	 * make the implementation for user of the library as easy
+	 * as possible. If mHeight = 0 this is a pointer to a memory
+	 * buffer of size mWidth containing the compressed texture
+	 * data. Good luck, have fun!
+	 */
+	Texels []Texel
+
+	Filename string
 }
 
 type Light struct {
@@ -41,7 +93,8 @@ type Metadata struct {
 }
 
 type Scene struct {
-	Flags SceneFlag
+	cScene *C.struct_aiScene
+	Flags  SceneFlag
 
 	RootNode   *Node
 	Meshes     []*Mesh
@@ -52,27 +105,39 @@ type Scene struct {
 	Cameras    []*Camera
 }
 
-func ImportFile(file string, postProcessFlags PostProcess) (*Scene, error) {
+func (s *Scene) releaseCResources() {
+	C.aiReleaseImport(s.cScene)
+}
+
+//
+// Assimp API
+//
+
+func ImportFile(file string, postProcessFlags PostProcess) (s *Scene, release func(), err error) {
 
 	cstr := C.CString(file)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cstr))
 
 	cs := C.aiImportFile(cstr, C.uint(postProcessFlags))
 	if cs == nil {
-		return nil, getAiErr()
+		return nil, func() {}, getAiErr()
 	}
-	defer C.aiReleaseImport(cs)
 
-	return parseScene(cs), nil
+	s = parseScene(cs)
+	return s, func() { s.releaseCResources() }, nil
 }
 
 func getAiErr() error {
 	return errors.New("asig error: " + C.GoString(C.aiGetErrorString()))
 }
 
+//
+// Parsers
+//
+
 func parseScene(cs *C.struct_aiScene) *Scene {
 
-	s := &Scene{}
+	s := &Scene{cScene: cs}
 	s.Flags = SceneFlag(cs.mFlags)
 	s.Meshes = parseMeshes(cs.mMeshes, uint(cs.mNumMeshes))
 	s.Materials = parseMaterials(cs.mMaterials, uint(cs.mNumMaterials))
@@ -350,6 +415,7 @@ func parseMaterials(cMatsIn **C.struct_aiMaterial, count uint) []*Material {
 	for i := 0; i < int(count); i++ {
 
 		mats[i] = &Material{
+			cMat:             cMats[i],
 			Properties:       parseMatProperties(cMats[i].mProperties, uint(cMats[i].mNumProperties)),
 			AllocatedStorage: uint(cMats[i].mNumAllocated),
 		}
diff --git a/asig/material.go b/asig/material.go
index aa73d53..a669d15 100755
--- a/asig/material.go
+++ b/asig/material.go
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
 package asig
 
+/*
+#cgo CFLAGS: -I .
+#cgo LDFLAGS: -L ./libs -l assimp_windows_amd64 -l IrrXML_windows_amd64 -l zlib_windows_amd64
+
+#include <stdlib.h> //Needed for C.free
+
+#include <assimp/scene.h>
+
+//Functions
+unsigned int aiGetMaterialTextureCount(const struct aiMaterial* pMat, enum aiTextureType type);
+
+enum aiReturn aiGetMaterialTexture(
+	const struct aiMaterial* mat,
+    enum aiTextureType type,
+    unsigned int  index,
+    struct aiString* path,
+    enum aiTextureMapping* mapping,
+    unsigned int* uvindex,
+    ai_real* blend,
+    enum aiTextureOp* op,
+    enum aiTextureMapMode* mapmode,
+    unsigned int* flags);
+*/
+import "C"
+
 type Material struct {
+	cMat *C.struct_aiMaterial
 
 	/** List of all material properties loaded. */
 	Properties []*MaterialProperty
@@ -38,3 +64,7 @@ type MaterialProperty struct {
 	 */
 	Data []byte
 }
+
+func GetMaterialTextureCount(m *Material, texType TextureType) int {
+	return int(C.aiGetMaterialTextureCount(m.cMat, uint32(texType)))
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 81a0357..21d42e5 100755
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 
-	scene, err := asig.ImportFile("tex-cube.fbx", asig.PostProcessTriangulate)
+	scene, release, err := asig.ImportFile("tex-cube.fbx", asig.PostProcessTriangulate)
+	defer release()
+
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ func main() {
 
 			p := scene.Materials[i].Properties[j]
 			fmt.Printf("Data Type: %v; Len Bytes: %v; Texture Type: %v\n", p.TypeInfo.String(), len(p.Data), p.Semantic.String())
+
+			fmt.Println("Texture count:", asig.GetMaterialTextureCount(scene.Materials[i], asig.TextureTypeDiffuse))
 		}
 	}
 }