Preparing to Paint
Before you begin painting, you must make sure of a couple of things:
The object you’re painting on has to be unwrapped; otherwise, you won’t be able to paint on it or, in the best case scenario, it will look weird.
The texture must be showing in the 3D View. Apply a material to the object, load the texture on it, and make sure you’re displaying it in the 3D View (change the display mode to Textured or Material). In the Blender Render engine, you can show the texture with the Textured Solid option discussed in Chapter 8.
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