textures and shadows

[kthegene]

another newbie question i'm sure....

i was wondering why my surface no longer registers shadows when i apply an image on it..??

[Adrian@Stufish]

Its likely that either youu've turned off the shadows accidentally
(Light properties - set to shadow mapped or raytrace, if raytraced then must be also checked in render properties)
or you've made the surface self illuminating - e.g. if you want to model a TV set the simlpest thing is to map the picture to the tube surface and give it luminosity of 100 and diffuse & spec of zero ish.

[kthegene]

thanks,

i'll give it a try