# Basics
## Add Texture To Object
Source: [TutsByKai on Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mURA2g1rOSc)

![Material Panel 001]{centre}(MaterialPanel_001.png) 

In the Material Panel (upper blue arrow on left) click on the circle to the left of Base Color:

![](BaseColorType_001.png) 

This brings up the following selector, click on the item indicated by the blue arrow.

![](BaseColorTypeSelector-001.png)

Then you can select the texture image.

![](SelectTextureImage_001.png)

# Layering Textures
Source: [Youtube video by chillinator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56AAMGYIVsQ)

Use nodes. Open the Shader Editor (Shift-F3). Use the mix node.

![](ShaderEditor_MixTexture1.png) 

The result of this is:

![](Circum1.jpg) 

where one texture is the Earth map, and the other is a PNG with the black lines.