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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: Old Codger on July 30, 2025, 12:03:25 pm

Title: Another Possibly Stupid Question
Post by: Old Codger on July 30, 2025, 12:03:25 pm

I finally figured out how to make and delete textures AND I even assigned a jpeg as a texture (does it need to be a .bmp?). Then I applied the material (supposedly) with the texture to the selected faces. THEN I pressed the UV button. Problem: The texture never shows up.

Here's the possibly stupid question: How do I actually apply the texture to the mesh? I selected all the faces to which I want to apply the texture but nothing seems to happen. How to I actually apply the material with the texture file to the selected faces? I cannot find how to do that. If the procedure for doing that is in the manual (and I just missed it) a simple notice of the page in the manual will suffice.

Title: Re: Another Possibly Stupid Question
Post by: ENSONIQ5 on August 01, 2025, 02:57:25 am

Select object/faces, select material and click 'Apply'

Title: Re: Another Possibly Stupid Question
Post by: Old Codger on August 02, 2025, 08:14:54 am

I think I figured out what I was doing wrong. When adding textures you have to load the texture in both the ambient AND diffuse channels. I wasn't doing that, only the ambient.