......Not sure about the checkerboard shader Rob,what happens if you actually physically hand paint the checked texture in the tex window? {just fill with white and use a large square brush}


Oh hang on,no shaders applied to the mesh will not show up in the tex window.For instance if I apply say a noise shader to my mesh that noise shader wont show up in the tex window to paint over,but you can paint a noise pattern in the tex window.


Its also fun painting on the mesh itself when you have your mesh ripped and set up.


Stu.