Newbie Texture Confusion
I am new to 3D modeling, and have been experimenting with my new Cheetah 3D software for about 2 weeks. One problem I have not figured out is the apparently simple, yet oddly problematic material property settings. I have been able to use the color, texture, and emissive properties, but changing the bump mapping, reflection, and transparency appear to have no effect. I am wondering if perhaps there is a preference setting I do not know about? I have tried reading the tutorials and loading the tutorial demos but even these do not get the proper textures to show up. I am sure my computer meets all the system requirements, so I do not think it is a problem with my graphics card or anything like that. Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong?
In the picture the textured sphere and green glowing box work properly, but the yellow box has reflective intensity set to 1, the blue box should be transparent, and the red box has marble texture, but is still monochromatic???
I am new to 3D modeling, and have been experimenting with my new Cheetah 3D software for about 2 weeks. One problem I have not figured out is the apparently simple, yet oddly problematic material property settings. I have been able to use the color, texture, and emissive properties, but changing the bump mapping, reflection, and transparency appear to have no effect. I am wondering if perhaps there is a preference setting I do not know about? I have tried reading the tutorials and loading the tutorial demos but even these do not get the proper textures to show up. I am sure my computer meets all the system requirements, so I do not think it is a problem with my graphics card or anything like that. Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong?
In the picture the textured sphere and green glowing box work properly, but the yellow box has reflective intensity set to 1, the blue box should be transparent, and the red box has marble texture, but is still monochromatic???