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pedrothekevin
06-08-2003, 08:16 PM
Sorry for the potentially rediculous question, but I'm fairly new at this sort of thing.

I'm wanting to import a 2d image to place inside a "picture frame" i designed in a living room type scene. I know that I have to go into Hypershade and create a Texture, but I don't really know where to go for there. I've looked for some tutorials as to not waste a lot of your time, but I couldn't find any that attacked this paticular subject.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-Kevin
gmask
06-08-2003, 08:44 PM
You should definately consider hitting F1 on the keyboard and reading the texture section or buy a book but in the meantime here's the answer more or less to your question.. after creating a shader double click it an dyou will see some paramters. Click on the checkerbox next to color and you will be presented with some options. Choose a file texture and then use it's file browser to get your image.
pedrothekevin
06-09-2003, 01:31 AM
I don't see an option for "file texture." Also, I did look into the F1 help menu, and didn't see any help options specific for Texturing. Can you break it down to idiot terms for me? Sorry for the hassle.

-Kevin
gmask
06-09-2003, 01:36 AM
Actually I think it's under rendering or shading in the eletronic help depending on which version of Maya you have.


When you click on the checkerbox you will get a list of various nodes you can use.. you want 2d texture node:file
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