After UV unwrapping and creating a UV Grid, I should be able to see the object wrapped up in a checkerboard in texture view, as shown in the pic without nodes . However, I see no change. What am I missing here? According to this tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiQOHSzyooc) (12:08), I should be able to see it after the steps aforementioned.
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Lester Karaive Rodriguez
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There is no magicaly appearing checker board ;)
The UV/Image Editor has the feature to load images from disk but also to create new ones. And one of the new image templates is a checkerboard, called UV Test-Grid. Your tutorial guy just had one already created.
Click on Image -> New Image and choose UV Test Grid and it should appear!
To also see it in the viewport choose texture as your view options and assign the newly created uv testgrid texture to your object (in the materials tab of your object)
Since thise is a UV Grid, you should have your object UV unwrapped in order to see it. So if the object stays gray you have to unwrap it first. If the texture then looks screwed up you have to properly uv unwrap your object ;) There are many tutorials out there that show you how this is done.
Create new image:
Choose Generated Type "UV Grid":
Assign the new image as texture of your object:
Make sure youe selected Texture in your 3D View:
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Rad also: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/86329/i-uv-unwrapped-my-mesh-but-the-image-texture-doesnt-show-in-my-object/86331#86331 – Jun 15 '18 at 01:49
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@Gerald Degeneve Don't see the UV Test Grid option "Click on Image -> New Image and choose UV Test Grid " Not there. Using Blender 2.79.2 – Lester Karaive Rodriguez Jun 17 '18 at 01:57
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1Of course it is there. I updated the answer ... but really ... not there ? Have you even looked ? ;) – Gerald Degeneve Jun 17 '18 at 21:17
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I would very much apprechiate it if you could mark it as answer ;) – Gerald Degeneve Jun 17 '18 at 21:32
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That was the correct answer! It worked. You absolutely nailed it 100%! Thank you so much!!!@Gerald Degeneve – Lester Karaive Rodriguez Jun 18 '18 at 12:40
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Please mark it as answer then ;) There is a checkmark right beside the Up Vote Counter. Click on that. Thank you :) – Gerald Degeneve Jun 19 '18 at 10:10