Why does the texture appear like this after adding a planet map texture to a UV Sphere?

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How do I get the proper earth texture wrapping around the solid? I am listing how I executed it. Please show me where I am going wrong. Here is a link to how I did it: https://vid.me/WpjH

Created a UV Sphere

Adding Material

Adding Texture

After Render

How do I fix this. How do I get the earth texture like it should be?

It appears by your map you have a mercator projection: Related http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/10741/what-is-the-best-way-to-unwrap-a-sphere/13928#13928 http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/3315/how-to-get-perfect-uv-sphere-mercator-projection Personally I like the grid warp warp method. — batFINGER, Dec 08 '16 at 12:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '16 at 11:13

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When creating the UV Sphere, tick Generate UVs in the left toolbar so the sphere is correctly unwrapped for applying that Earth texture.

answered Dec 08 '16 at 11:13

Jan Kadeřábek

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just wanted to ask if i add Under Teturetab/ Mapping/Projection-->Sphere, then why does the image gets jumbled up? – Chayan Bhattacharya Dec 08 '16 at 11:26
I think you need also change the Coordinates to Generated. I personally never use this tab, sorry. I always use UV unwrapping. – Jan Kadeřábek Dec 08 '16 at 11:36

Why does the texture appear like this after adding a planet map texture to a UV Sphere?

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