how to animate a moving texture?

[dobilan]

hello,

as the title says, how can I animate (move) a texture along the length of an object?

thx

[David Arbogast]

Option 1: In the Material Editor just animate the offset of your bitmaps U or V (whichever corresponds to how you've UV mapped your object.)

 

Option 2: If you're using a UVW Map modifier, you can just animate the positioning of the UVW Map modifier's gizmo.

 

In either case use the hotkey "N" (for Auto Key) to set your keyframed settings.

 

If you need a the texture movement to be continuously cycling, then it might be easier to just create an animated bitmap sequence.