Time for action – adding a texture to the seats
Now, you've added a material to the boat. Next, you will add a wood texture to the seats and learn a new panel in the Properties window:
- Press Tab to go into Object Mode, and select the seats with the RMB.
- Add a new material slot as you did when you made the Hull material. Name it Seats.
- Go up to the header of the Properties window, and select the Textures button. It has a red and white checkerboard on it, and it is next to the Materials button. It's highlighted in blue, as shown on the top of the next image.
- Add a new texture by clicking on the button called New, as shown at the bottom of the following screenshot:
- Where the New button was, it now says Texture. Click on the word Texture, and change it to Seat Texture. Press Enter when you are done.
- Go to the
Chapter 5/Images
directory of the download pack, and choose4909_05_37.png
. The images may be in with the Blender code.4909_05_37.png
is a wood texture. Copy the file to your...