Applying a Texture Map

1.  Create a Polygonal Sphere and add a Blinn Material
   • – Select your surface and select Blinn from the Render Tab.
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2. Adjust Materials Attribute Settings
   • – Open up the Attribute Editor.
   • – Select the furthermost right tab Blinn.
   • – Change the color to red.
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3. Map a Texture to the Color attribute of the Blinn.
   • – Click on the checkered icon right of the Color.
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   • – This applies a textured map in replace of the color.
   • – Clicking the checked brings up a menu.
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   • – Select Checkered.
   • – Sometimes you will not be able to see the texture in the viewport. You need to turn on Hardware Texturing to see your textures in your viewport.
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4. Adjust the Checker Texture’s Attributes
   • – Once you applied the Checkered texture, you can modify it’s attributes. Here I changes the color of the black checker to green on the checker tab.
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   • -If you want to change the placement of the texture on your surface, click on the place2Dtexture tab to modify how the checker texture is placed on your sphere.
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   • – Instead of changing one of the checker’s color to green, you can apply another texture on top of that.
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   • – Select the checkered box next to the color1 attribute for the Checkered Texture color attribute.
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   • – In the popup menu, select Noise.
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