# 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture **URL:** \ **Category:** Public\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502 "2010-06-06T21:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/1 "2010-06-06T21:12:35Z")
Is there a global setting for this? I use formfont 2d a lot and it worked fine on PC but today I bought another liscense for Mac and I got this trouble. ---
**Author:** ![thomthom](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thomthom/32/62299_2.png) [@thomthom](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thomthom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/2 "2010-06-07T06:27:10Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Sounds like you need to relink the textures. What VfSU do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/3 "2010-06-07T08:12:45Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Thanks for comments, I use the latest verion of VfSU and SU 7 Mac. My png graphics with transparent alpha textures looks correct on the SU screen but when I render , the texture is replaced by a diffuse color. The same config works perfect on PC. Imported jpg and png graphics show up perfectly when I use them as pictures or textures in renderings. ---
**Author:** ![thomthom](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thomthom/32/62299_2.png) [@thomthom](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thomthom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/4 "2010-06-07T10:19:48Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture You are using 1.48.66 ? (I ask because there have been people thinking they have the latest, while in fact they did not. Just want to make sure.) What is most likely the cause is that VfSU looks for the textures at the location where they where on the computer when they where created. Meaning, not yours. So I should think that if you re-link them they should render. ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/5 "2010-06-07T13:51:37Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Thanks for giving me som help! I have the latest version 1.48.66. All components with photo texture render in a diffuse color. Even if I use a component o a local harddrive. Every component looks fine in SU, the problem only occurs when I render. ---
**Author:** ![thomthom](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thomthom/32/62299_2.png) [@thomthom](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thomthom)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/6 "2010-06-07T14:05:26Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture You must relink the texture , the bitmap file that the material use. You must change that you point to where it is on your computer. Even when the component is stored on your computer, the texture still points to a different location. ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/7 "2010-06-08T05:54:02Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Hi I am sorry but the problem is the same even if I download a file directly to the computer and save it there. A coke can looks just pink. I wonder if it the scale of the texture can be wrong? I am confused, I have not experienced anything like this with VfSU on PC or Vray for 3ds Max. ---
**Author:** ![thomthom](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thomthom/32/62299_2.png) [@thomthom](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thomthom)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/8 "2010-06-08T06:23:17Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Can you upload a sample model? ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/9 "2010-06-10T16:05:01Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Hi I will upload a sample model soon… ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/10 "2010-06-10T19:01:43Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Here is a link to the rendered pic. [http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7014/testrender.png](http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7014/testrender.png) Where can I upload the sample model? ---
**Author:** ![zuper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@zuper](https://forums.chaos.com/u/zuper)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/11 "2010-06-11T09:37:23Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Do you already try to Copy the texture in another folder, and pic it from there? In Rhino this already happened to me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/12 "2010-06-11T16:24:21Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture As you see in the sample I uploaded the 2D man with sketchy texture is ok but the same 2D guys with photo texture doesn´t work. The tree with photo texture doesn´t render correct either. ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/13 "2010-06-14T13:42:01Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Where can I get help? ---
**Author:** ![thomthom](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thomthom/32/62299_2.png) [@thomthom](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thomthom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/14 "2010-06-14T14:00:46Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture [support@asgvis.com](mailto:support@asgvis.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ghostrender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ghostrender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Ghostrender)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/15 "2010-06-14T14:19:37Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Okidoki, I will try the relink tip, but I am not shure how and were to change the path ---
**Author:** ![aclark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@aclark](https://forums.chaos.com/u/aclark)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/2d-people-made-with-png-files-show-up-with-diffuse-color-instead-of-texture/35502/16 "2010-06-24T18:54:30Z")
Re: 2D people made with png files show up with diffuse color instead of texture Ghostrender, this is most certainly a link issue. You must go tot he materials editor for VFSU, go to the diffuse tap for that PNG material, select the “m” in the diffuse dialogue box, then specify specific file path here.