Stencils:  Real Time Texture Splatting





Tutorial Index

Steps 1-4
Steps 5-8
Steps 9-11
Steps 12-14
Steps 15-17
Steps 18-20
Steps 21-23
 Steps 24-26

starting blend
finished blend

  


 
1
Create a new Texture for the Stencil

Note:
A stencil is a black and white texture.  It is placed between the 2 textures you want to merge.  White makes the top texture transparent so you can see the texture under it. 

Create a stencil
UV/Image Editor menu >> Image >> New

  
2
Stencil name and size

Note:
Give the stencil a unique name.  For this tutorial, I'm naming it Stencil-ground.  Because this is for the game engine, the stencil size should be a power of 2 -- 32 x 32 or 64 x 64 or 128 x 128 or etc.  For this tutorial, I'll make the stencil 512 x 512 pixels.

Give it unique name
Name:  Stencil-ground
Set Width and Height
Width:  512
Height:  512
OK button

  
3
Save the stencil to your hard drive.

UV/Image Editor menu >> Image >> Save


  
4
Enable Blender GLSL Materials

User Preference menu >> Game >> Blender GLSL Materials


   




 
The Blender 3D and game engine tutorials were created as a series of step by step instructions and help you create computer games. Use the tutorials to make casual video games, First Person Shooter games, role playing games, racing simulation games and more. Use the tutorials as a self paced learning tool to model and program your own three-dimensional world and then play on your computer.