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# 1 19-06-2015 , 01:01 PM
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Image texture not rendering as Image:

Hi all,

I have an object I wish to texture and under its 'Colour' option I have chosen a file that is a jpeg (it is an image of metal rust). When applying this image to the 'Colour' option it is seen clearly in the viewport, but not when I render (using mental ray). Instead it is just a blank plain colour such as brown with out the metal rust look that I am after.

The other objects I have applied this image to works.
Could this be because the image is not big enough to spread over all of the objects?

Does anyone know why this is happening?

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# 2 20-06-2015 , 12:36 AM
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can you post some screen grabs of everything

# 3 20-06-2015 , 01:34 AM
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Screen Grabs:

Sure.

I have one of the viewport, file, lambert and then the mental ray image.
You can see the same image works on other parts of the model.

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# 4 20-06-2015 , 11:02 PM
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how are the uvs????

# 5 20-06-2015 , 11:34 PM
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UV Texture Editor:

Sorry I'm not very familiar with the UV texturing side of Maya.
I tried to select some UV's to show where it is on the model.

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When I choose another object it maps though.

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It seems to show up and render when it is un-smoothed though.
Any suggestions to keep it this way but smoothed?

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