Applying texture to plane: Get rid of diagonal repeat pattern

Question

I wanted to add an image to a plane. Here is what I tried:

Created a new plane
Added a new material and added a texture
Selected .png

and this is what I get

And this is what is shown in the preview:

Why am I getting the diagonal pattern? And why is it applied by default?

Possible duplicate of How to map an Image on a plane manually? — , Jun 12 '18 at 16:33
Read the link. What you are missing are mapping coordinates. The most precise way to map an image is using UV maps. — , Jun 12 '18 at 17:07
But isn't it stupid to have diagonally rotated repeating pattern applied by default in the absence of an explicit UV map? — Saravanabalagi Ramachandran, Jun 12 '18 at 17:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '18 at 16:28

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Enable "Import Images as Planes add-on" that ships with Blender, and try importing the image directly already mapped that way - it helps avoid weird problems that occur. I use it even to do cutaways later.

answered Jun 12 '18 at 16:28

Craig D Jones

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