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| rendered result |
In this tutorial you will learn how to add a texture in Blender using Cycles render.
Step 1
Using whatever you have made or imported change the default screen layout to compositing for a detailed result.
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| changing layout to compositing |
Step 2
Change blender render to cycles render at the top of the screen.
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| Blender Render |
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| Cycles Render |
Step 3
Right click in the plane, click on the material button on the top right corner of the screen, click new.
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| adding a material |
Step 4
If a material is already in place use the subtract button then press new.
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| subtracting the existing material |
Step 5
Click on the dot right of the white colour.
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Step 6
Select image texture, press open and navigate to the image you want to use, once selected open the image/texture.
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| opening a image texture |
Step 7
To map the image on the plane go to edit mode by pressing Tab or changing it from the bar menu.
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| changing to edit mode |
Step 8
Press A to deselect then A again to select everything. go to mesh, UV unwrap, unwrap.
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| unwrapping the cube |
Step 9
On the left side the plane will be unwrapped. Next load the image.
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| applying the image onto the cube |
Step 10
Switch back to object mode, switch back to the default layout, go to render to see the result.
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| changing to rendered view |
Rendered result
