Blender Tutorial

Image Texture Map

This tutorial shows how to apply a texture map to an object. First, some definitions:

Start Up

After starting Blender, part of the screen should resemble:

The item in the centre of the screen is a 3D box.

1. Press F12 to render the scene.
2. Press ESC when finished.

Editing Buttons

Along the bottom of the screen are a set of icons on top of a tabbed panel:

The tabbed panels are for editing the cube's physical structure. We want to change its shading.

Shading

Press F5 or click the shading icon to reveal the Shading buttons.

The default cube already has a material assigned, named Material:

(This step showed how to reveal the texture icon via the Shading buttons.)

Texture Buttons

Press F6 or click the texture icon to reveal the Texture buttons.

1. Change Texture Type from None to Image
2. Click Load Image

Choose your own file; I loaded the following brass image:

The Preview changes to:

Press F12 to render:

The brass appears to smear because the input texture maps to a flat surface. To fix it:

1. Press ESC to close the render.
2. Press F5 to open the Material buttons. You should see the following panel:

   

   Texture, Map Input, and Map To Tabs

3. Click the Map Input tab.

   

   Render of brass box

4. Click the Cube button.
5. Press F12 to render.

   

   Render of brass box #2

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