Xara plus Blender questions

[angelize]

Thanks James and guy I have a full day ahead of me, but maybe later this evening I'll have time to do some more blender learning

James I'll have a look at your edited file and hopefully I'll learn from there.

[guyke]

Here's what I found: I added a plane, added a new texture (image) and it doesn't render.
What I didn't know then, is that I also have to add a material to the plane, before adding the texture. Working that way - adding plane, material, texture - renders as it should

[ODdOnLifeItself]

Good sleuthing, Guy!

That makes perfect sense.

In my workflow, if I'm adding a plane with image mapped to it, the first thing I do is add the material and turn off the specularity, so had never run into this problem of adding a texture without having attached the material (of which the texture is a sub-element).

Good work that you found it.

Peace

James

[guyke]

Made a few rings in Xara and applied them with different mappings to different meshes - fun to do

[ODdOnLifeItself]

Those are very cool, Guy!

You could have just one of those much closer and make almost a whole piece out of it. They look that good...

Peace

James

[guyke]

Thanks James!

[angelize]

I like those Guy, the cylinder reminds me of a candle, all it needs is a wick and a flame!