UV Editor Textures menu

This topic covers the options in the UV Editor Textures menu. To learn about UV mapping, see the links in the Creating UVs topic.

To open the UV Editor Textures menu

Note: The UV Editor and the UV Set Editor are two different tools. The UV Editor lets you interactively edit UV texture coordinates within a 2D view and the UV Set Editor lets you create and edit UV sets for multiple polygon meshes at the same time.

Select which image texture to show in the UV Editor. Select an image from the drop-down list that appears, or apply a temporary Checker Map to all shells.

Checker Map
Applies a checker map pattern to all shells in the UV Editor. See Apply the checker pattern shader to a UV mesh for how to do this.
Color Mode
Determines how the checker map is shaded.
  • 2-Color: Each box is based on two alternating colors, Checker 1 and Checker 2. You can also add an additional gradient (Gradient Overlay) running from the bottom-left to top-right. This is handy on patterned textures, when you want to determine which end of the texture is on what side of the model.
  • Multi-Color: Colors all boxes along a multi-colored gradient.
Size
Determines the resolution of the checker map.
Note: You can also adjust the Size at any time by pressing Ctrl + Up or Ctrl + Down when the Checker Map is visible.
Tile Labels
Displays an automatic ID for the various checker map tiles overtop of the checker map.
Color
Determines the color that the Tile Labels appear in.

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