How to map a texture onto an object correctly?

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I want to make a flappy Bird clone for practice and fun but I am struggling with blender and how to use the UV Editor correctly.

The pictures speak for themselves:

As you can see I am trying to apply the texture in the picture onto the object. But when I unwrap the object the coordinates get kind of inverted onto the editor on the left. When I rotate my object nothing changes. Also the coordinates on the left do not match the object at all ? I hope you understand what I mean. How can I change the way my object is unwrapped so I can save time trying to map the picture onto the object.

Quick update: @Duarte Farrajota Ramos I tried the method in the link you provided and it took me back to step 1:

Why is the plane not transparent when I enabled "Use Alpha" everywhere I could in Blender ?

You don't need all that geometry, a simple plane will suffice. — Duarte Farrajota Ramos, Apr 17 '18 at 17:48
I tried to import the texture as a textured plane, but when I render it in my program it is not transparent and I the plane surrounding the texture is black. If you want I can give you a picture — J.Doe, Apr 17 '18 at 18:18
No need, just use search https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/27633/image-alpha-background-renders-black-when-using-import-images-as-planes/ — Duarte Farrajota Ramos, Apr 17 '18 at 18:20
For something like this it is a lot easier to trace the image in a vector graphics program (like inkscape, illustrator or similar), Once it has been converted to paths (ignoring the background), save it as an svg file and import that to blender. — , Apr 17 '18 at 19:33
To enable transparency on blender internal read this link: Can blender use the Alpha channel of an image as transparency on a plane? — , Apr 18 '18 at 18:01
Tried all of it and it didn't work though. I try to render it in eclipse using OpenGl and not in blender btw! I am using "export as Obj file", don't know if it has got anything to do with that — J.Doe, Apr 19 '18 at 05:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '18 at 17:56

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The "Project from view" UV projection is the one you want. Just make sure that first you are viewing the mesh face-on.

answered Apr 18 '18 at 17:56

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This helped me. I managed it now. Thank you ! – J.Doe Apr 19 '18 at 14:39

How to map a texture onto an object correctly?

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