# How can I add textures to a matched photo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Pro\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094 "2020-07-28T03:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gerretw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/gerretw/32/6430_2.png) [@gerretw](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gerretw)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/21 "2020-07-28T14:22:22Z")
we can talk later. I have no idea how to use vray and it’s getting to be overkill. G ---
**Author:** ![kenancakir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/kenancakir/32/62587_2.png) [@kenancakir](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kenancakir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/22 "2020-07-28T17:01:59Z")
After projecting photo on a rectangle surface, i add a new layer as i described above, then colors can be seen. ![Ekran Alıntısı](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/b/7bd54a7a714a7e268690b3de711ace0e6791d96f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gerretw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/gerretw/32/6430_2.png) [@gerretw](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gerretw)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/23 "2020-07-28T18:48:30Z")
I didn’t fully understand your previous post, but I think I do now. I’ll try it in a while and post my results. I didn’t understand fov meant field of view for instance. It looks like an easy fix. I would think Trimble would provide an option that allows you to apply textures to a matched photo. Many times on selling a remodel job, a whole model is not needed, just a simple way to anoint a photo with a design element to show the prospective customer. G ---
**Author:** ![kenancakir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/kenancakir/32/62587_2.png) [@kenancakir](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kenancakir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/24 "2020-07-28T21:39:09Z")
FOV means field of view, yes… ---
**Author:** ![kenancakir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/kenancakir/32/62587_2.png) [@kenancakir](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kenancakir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/25 "2020-07-28T22:38:51Z")
I accidentally found something interesting, if you decrease the opasity of paint colors you can see them on photo match scene… 🙂 ![Ekran Alıntısı2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/c/3c441330db8dc8023d25d2eb00c271317e6a2184.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gerretw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/gerretw/32/6430_2.png) [@gerretw](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gerretw)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/26 "2020-07-29T03:18:29Z")
You Sir, should get a prize - that’s fantastic - the answer to my problems. 👍 ![3 chimney options](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/9/0/90ebad4b6d10d317dc52b0ef2386e0200ca2327f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/27 "2020-07-29T04:38:49Z")
> [@gerretw](#): > > I would think Trimble would provide an option that allows you to apply textures to a matched photo. You can. Just uncheck this box. ![Screen Shot 2020-07-29 at 12.35.43 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/c/6c9db913ebb6996bd17cd2cd2e7c47c19cf66faf.png) ---
**Author:** ![pbacot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@pbacot](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pbacot)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/28 "2020-07-29T05:30:33Z")
Looks good. You might also hide the edges. Then playing with color and opacity see if you can blend with the photo sufficiently. ---
**Author:** ![kenancakir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/kenancakir/32/62587_2.png) [@kenancakir](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kenancakir)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/29 "2020-07-29T05:42:54Z")
In fact, Colin from sketchup team gave the correct solution at the beginning but i thought he was explaining how to decrease foreground picture opacity, “uncheck” was the key word, for me not reading all answers was a mistake… ---
**Author:** ![colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/colin/32/266703_2.png) [@colin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/colin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/30 "2020-07-29T13:11:40Z")
Thanks for the credit, but what you added was that if the paint color has some transparency of its own, it would tint the background photograph, which might have been the effect he wanted. But, leaving foreground turned on, and setting its opacity to a low number, would have achieved the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![gerretw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/gerretw/32/6430_2.png) [@gerretw](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/gerretw)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/31 "2020-08-05T05:11:27Z")
I tried unchecking previously without success - but decreasing the opacity worked perfectly. Maybe it is a bug in 2018 pro sketchup - the version I have. Who knows? I see how you bricked in my house - presumably to keep me from spreading covid 19, so it worked for you, but, alas, not on my computer. G ---
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094/32 "2020-08-05T05:31:48Z")
Odd, I had the opposite experience in 2019: sliding the slider to zero didn’t do the trick, but unchecking the box did. [Previous page](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-can-i-add-textures-to-a-matched-photo/132094.md?page=1)