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May 26, 2015 Posted by Debi in All Articles, Layouts, Neat tips, Texture Locators, Textures, Tutorial Video Index

Lining up texture locators

When you first start out using MODO, trying to wrap your head around texture locators can sometimes stump you. Of course, there's fantastic MODO documentation which shows you the different projection types and explains when to use which, as well as how to size textures to fit.

Of course watching a video can sometimes make understanding a lot easier. Here, James Darknell gives a comprehensive overview of texture locators and explains a variety of ways of how to line them up that even some MODO experts are unaware of.

Description	Most people think that Texture Locators are just those widgets that get in the way while you're trying to work on your scene, but James Darknell takes some time to explain how they work and offers a different way to quickly align them to your item's surface.
Origin	Supplied by Luxology
modo Version	Released during 701 SP1 (but works with earlier versions)
Description	Key points: Explains the different texture locator shapes used for the different projection types (planar & , sphere, cylinder). Using a barrel James demonstrates another way to manipulate and line up your texture images to your item. In this case a label on a barrel, by using Drop Action and Place & Align under the Layout tab @ 5:27. For further information refer to the 801 documentation
URL	You Tube and Lux TV
Presenter	James Darknell (Mutant Pixel)