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.. index:: Editors; Texture Node Editor
.. index:: Nodes; Texture Nodes
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Introduction
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The Texture Node Editor allows creating custom textures by combining colors,
procedural patterns, and images in various ways. This is a step up from the
:doc:`built-in textures </render/materials/legacy_textures/introduction>`,
where you can select a type from a list and not much more.
.. note::
Textures -- both built-in ones and node-based ones -- are a legacy feature.
For their original main purpose, which was of course texturing objects,
they have been replaced by :doc:`Materials </render/materials/introduction>`
which are set up in the :doc:`/editors/shader_editor`.
Today, the use of Textures is limited to:
* :doc:`Brushes </sculpt_paint/brush/texture>`.
* The :doc:`/modeling/modifiers/deform/displace`.
* Influencing size, density etc. of :doc:`particle systems </physics/particles/texture_influence>`.
* Influencing emission locations of :ref:`fire/smoke simulations <bpy.types.FluidFlowSettings.use_texture>`.
* :doc:`Compositing </compositing/types/input/texture>`.
In addition, the Displace modifier and fire/smoke simulations don't support
node-based textures, instead only working with the built-in ones.
.. figure:: /images/editors_texture-node_introduction_types-combined.png
:width: 600px
Combined textures based on nodes.
Using Texture Nodes
===================
The default Blender layout has no workspace containing the Texture Node Editor.
You need to manually open it in an :doc:`area </interface/window_system/areas>` of choice.
Once the editor is open, you first need to set the empty *Texture Type* selector to *Brush*,
after which you can use the :doc:`/interface/controls/templates/data_block`
to start creating textures. Note that you need to enable *Use Nodes* in the header
before you can add nodes.
Header
======
See :doc:`Nodes </interface/controls/nodes/introduction>` for the header items common to
all node editors.
Texture Type
World
Deprecated -- the scene's :doc:`/render/lights/world` is now defined using
a Material rather than a Texture.
Brush
Show brush Textures in the data-block menu. Because the other two types are deprecated,
this effectively shows all Textures.
Line Style
Deprecated -- :doc:`Line Styles </render/freestyle/view_layer/line_style/introduction>`
for the Freestyle renderer are now defined using Materials rather than Textures.
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