I have another question regarding importing.
I noticed that there is a loss of resolution from the image to the imported texture.
(Original image is clearer, imported texture is fuzzier)
Is there a setting that will keep the original resolution?
Or should my original image be a higher resolution to start with?

Your file is exactly what I was expecting.
I'm not sure what I had done wrong, but I started over from a new file.
Now it's working just like yours

Thanks for the help.

Here's the image.

See how the image is tiled? Is that normal?

The image on top is the 2 inch x 4 inch x 6 feet component.
The bottom image is a rectangle that is 4 inch x 6 feet.

I import the image to the rectangle, as texture, then I paint the face of the component.

The two boxes (~ 2 feet each) shows where the image is repeated instead of spanning the whole component.

LOL, how did I miss it?

Thanks.

I would like to post an image. Can I upload the image to the board, or must it be linked to an image on the web?

OK I've done that, but it is tiled. Is that a function of the resolution of the image?

From http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=42539

Thought it best to create a new topic.

@centipede13 said:

@dave r said:

On making the planks look less like each other, TIG has a great suggestion with using both sides of the plank and flipping them end for end. Another thing I find useful is to use images of boards like this:

This is 8 or 9 feet long and this allows me to pick different parts of the same board image for either side of the plank. And with Make Unique used on, say, half the planks, I can get a lot more variety.

Most of the wood grain images I use are between 7 and 12 feet long and typically 6 to 10 inches wide depending upon the speciies.

How did you make your own texture?

@tig said:

Get some suitable images [the Internet is downloaded with them!] and edit them as you will.
Use these as Textures in new Materials.
Save them as new SKM files, for use in any future SKPs...

@dave r said:

@centipede13 said:

How did you make your own texture?

What TIG said. Or take photos of real boards.

@dave r said:

On making the planks look less like each other, TIG has a great suggestion with using both sides of the plank and flipping them end for end. Another thing I find useful is to use images of boards like this:

This is 8 or 9 feet long and this allows me to pick different parts of the same board image for either side of the plank. And with Make Unique used on, say, half the planks, I can get a lot more variety.

Most of the wood grain images I use are between 7 and 12 feet long and typically 6 to 10 inches wide depending upon the speciies.

How did you make your own texture?