Finding MISSING TEXTURES (Pink Texture Fix) in Blender!

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • Have you ever opened up a Blender file only to find that your entire model is pink and now textures are showing up? Learn how to find those missing files for your Blender models with this Blender quick tip!
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  • @TheCGEssentials
    @TheCGEssentials  4 роки тому +87

    Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about this tutorial in the comments below! :)

    • @CarlDelinden
      @CarlDelinden 4 роки тому +2

      thank you so much!!

    • @mraparadektos4252
      @mraparadektos4252 4 роки тому +2

      Great video and really helpful! But I have a problem that i can't fix. When I open my model the colors of it are weird mixed with green, pink blue...Can you plz tell me what I have done wrong? Thank you!

    • @oldmatelarry7727
      @oldmatelarry7727 4 роки тому +2

      @@mraparadektos4252 what i you download a file and its pink but it doesn't come with any textures at all

    • @mraparadektos4252
      @mraparadektos4252 4 роки тому

      @@oldmatelarry7727 yes its because u may missing the textures files

    • @mraparadektos4252
      @mraparadektos4252 4 роки тому

      @@oldmatelarry7727 I got the same problem. If you have the textures of the model, go to files, external disk, missing files and then go find the textures file and press open images.

  • @ianbatista631
    @ianbatista631 3 роки тому +147

    Dude you're a life saver, I just wanna hug you.

  • @thefederationfiles8938
    @thefederationfiles8938 2 роки тому +53

    Blender is extremely deep (in a good way) and learning it without formal training can come with brain-exhaustion. This short tutorial has relieved a lot of my brain trauma. THANKS!

  • @Vicesm8
    @Vicesm8 3 роки тому +134

    Such a simple fix, but a headache to figure out. Thank you for this. You're a life saver ❤

  • @7ytuber
    @7ytuber Рік тому +6

    i watched countless tutorials on this problem for many days... none was able to fix the problem until i discovered this video. IT WORKED MORE THAN I WANTED IT TO. BEST, SIMPLE, CLEAR AND STRAIGHT FORWARD VIDEO. Thank You.

  • @racheleprojects
    @racheleprojects 4 роки тому +37

    Also, check to see if the material in the background is the cause of the problem (you can check by selecting the "World Properties" and see what the preview looks like). For me, my textures were showing up fine in the Viewport Shading but when I checked Cycles my model had the texture but was also shaded with pink. I searched high and low and found out this was what was causing the problem for me. Hope this helps someone else! :)

    • @DrTomoe-em7rs
      @DrTomoe-em7rs 2 роки тому +3

      it helped me, thank you!! :)

    • @iggyy
      @iggyy Рік тому

      Cheers!!!

    • @l0ser733
      @l0ser733 Рік тому +1

      hey same proplem after two years anyways when i import the file in a new project every thing fine but in my main project its pink how do i enter world proprties plz

    • @aliceus3315
      @aliceus3315 11 місяців тому +1

      Can you please explain a bit more?

  • @Raiin0311
    @Raiin0311 4 місяці тому +2

    4 years later and still savin lives. Thank you so much for this short, sweet and to the point video.

  • @Kalm15
    @Kalm15 2 роки тому +8

    THIS IS SUCH A LIFESAVER!
    Also, A quick tip for those who are plagued by this problem after recovering an autosaved file - if you specify that Blender make all file paths absolute rather than relative, it won't try searching the directory or folder that it ends up in (temp, if you're recovering an autosave) and will instead keep the links to their original locations in the file system. I think this eliminates the problem entirely, but as a result if you want to move the blender file and its asset files into a new folder everything will break in the same way, so only do this if you're absolutely positive you won't be migrating the files anywhere else.

  • @mipe7755
    @mipe7755 4 роки тому +113

    Looks like I have to start from finding missing video. Don't know why I cannot play your video in better quality than 360p.

    • @TheCGEssentials
      @TheCGEssentials  4 роки тому

      No clue - it's uploaded higher than that

    • @BjornUltimatum
      @BjornUltimatum 4 роки тому +17

      @@TheCGEssentials I'm having the same problem with the video quality.

    • @sussyflowerperson9212
      @sussyflowerperson9212 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe it's because of the global lockdown. The internet services have had a few changes to reduce traffic. You cannot play above 480p in my country (India). Is everything else playing on higher resolution ?

    • @mipe7755
      @mipe7755 4 роки тому +6

      @@sussyflowerperson9212 Other videos play well on high resolution, even on this channel.

    • @sussyflowerperson9212
      @sussyflowerperson9212 4 роки тому

      @@mipe7755 Oh. Then it seems like a different issue. Just in case, try playing it by using a VPN.

  • @eobet
    @eobet 3 роки тому +17

    Wow, my gut instinct when this happened to me in Blender was to do an internet search for it, because nothing in Blender is logical or intuitive. Turns out, this one time it actually was! :)

  • @PGHlife
    @PGHlife 3 роки тому +4

    my man, ur a LIFE savior. 10 min before I had to deliver a school project (blender model) it all had turned purple. tysm!!!!

  • @soulminds
    @soulminds 3 роки тому +7

    this one is really good but, my blender keeps telling me that there is no texture found, so i did the next best thing, and instead of letting blender do the job, i went into the shading- and browsed for the texture myself and its applied directly, this option also very easy and more productive if you maybe don't like the actual texture and you want to replace it.

  • @cognitivebend
    @cognitivebend 3 роки тому +9

    Solid information man, much apprecaite you taking the time to go over quick tips that can be frustrating when your first starting out, lol. Appreciate it

  • @youngaan
    @youngaan Рік тому +11

    the thing is there is no folder

  • @arindampaul7884
    @arindampaul7884 3 роки тому +2

    It happened with reference images in my case, and since there were only 3 of them in a folder, it took a second to fix the problem! This really helps, thanks:)

  • @cocosfun4687
    @cocosfun4687 8 місяців тому +1

    A LIFE SAVER I SPENT 6+ HORUS CHECKING CONSTENTLY ON MY RENDER AND I CHECKED AT ONE POINT AND IT WAS PINK YOU SAVED ME❤

  • @ayaangamer2734
    @ayaangamer2734 3 роки тому +6

    Thnx SOOOOO MUCH! This Helped Very MUCH! THANK U!

  • @bcgames92
    @bcgames92 3 роки тому +3

    Try checking for time stamps or additional text in your texture file. The MTL file is looking for the exact file name. In my case, i transferred my KIT to my HD and when it did this it added a timestamp to the file name. I needed to use a bulk rename to get rid of the text at the end. It was really annoying.

  • @federicovolpi3195
    @federicovolpi3195 5 місяців тому

    AS ALWAYS THE BEST EXPLANATIONS ON THE TOPIC... everyone wannabe a tutorial maker but few know how to explain things... you're my fav! thanks

  • @Striepann
    @Striepann 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you! I panicked when i load file and saw a pink texture. I didn't know that this problem is easy to fix.

  • @patchadventures9247
    @patchadventures9247 3 роки тому +5

    It doesn’t work for me, I click the image file and it doesn’t let me click it or highlight it to then click find missing files

    • @majimech8028
      @majimech8028 3 роки тому

      Try putting the specific textures in one folder so that it's easier for it to scan it, since im pretty sure it doesn't allow it to highlight

  • @harshitrao8729
    @harshitrao8729 4 роки тому +3

    Omg u saved my life I was making my biggest ever project in blender

  • @epiccreepersus
    @epiccreepersus 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks bro, this really helped me. At first I got frustrated by the missing textures. But then your videos came to my recommendation and helped me.

  • @mrbillyandBOB
    @mrbillyandBOB 5 місяців тому

    As a new 3d dev, in blender, you is my life saver

  • @theobsidiancrafters2427
    @theobsidiancrafters2427 4 роки тому +5

    What if all the textures are embeded on the .blend file
    because I dont have the image files, just the .blend file
    how do I fix it?
    I know it had textures because I go to materials and set somthing as image textures, I can find all the textures

    • @datdoo158
      @datdoo158 3 роки тому

      Same, for some reason I cant find anything related to this though.

  • @akiramamoru4925
    @akiramamoru4925 4 роки тому +7

    it just tells me can not find file (insert file name here)

  • @colinfrederick2603
    @colinfrederick2603 3 роки тому

    Went thru 5 garbage tutorials until I found this gem. Bless you!

  • @KitBash3D
    @KitBash3D 2 роки тому

    Just now seeing this public service announcement. Very much appreciated!

  • @PWN3DU01
    @PWN3DU01 4 роки тому +5

    If I do this my blender crashes :( Have a pretty beefy system tho.

  • @ComeHereGreatness
    @ComeHereGreatness Рік тому

    I know it was 3 years ago when you put the video up but it's still a gem today! Thank you.

  • @ReitannaSeishinOfficial
    @ReitannaSeishinOfficial 3 роки тому +2

    this kinda helped, but it keeps saying some textures can't be found, but i'm looking at them right there in the folder. and this is a recent project that i opened a couple days ago, and nothing was pink.

    • @Kaneeka
      @Kaneeka 2 роки тому +1

      @@Slog32 omg same!! It's so frustrating seeing all these tutorials when none of them helps

  • @nadineyasser131
    @nadineyasser131 3 роки тому +2

    Although it only plays in 360 quality, it helped in no time. great! thanks

  • @g_niac
    @g_niac 2 роки тому

    the intros to these vids are awesome and wake me up when i forget how welcoming they are haha

  • @marlex3073
    @marlex3073 2 роки тому

    You dropped this, my king 👑

  • @spaceproduction-et
    @spaceproduction-et 2 роки тому +1

    This is what I have been looking
    Great job sir ...thank you

  • @buggy1638
    @buggy1638 2 роки тому

    thanks so much man! i made my textures in a project i was working on and the next day everything was pink. now its good again! thanks a bunch.

  • @CH-nr5cb
    @CH-nr5cb 4 роки тому +1

    Thnak youuuuu so much , i suffered for hours to get them back and thanx u to u they r back and i motivated again !!

  • @drmshadowkiller5579
    @drmshadowkiller5579 Рік тому

    Thank you, This is my first day, and I restarted twice, because it would crash while rendering, and I would come back to missing textures. Thank you again for the help.

  • @AlexParkYT
    @AlexParkYT 3 місяці тому

    This is a life saver for beginners. Super helpful 👍

  • @allenm1024
    @allenm1024 2 роки тому +1

    I'm having a problem of my own with pink textures that may or may not be unrelated: while trying to apply a texture to a simple cube through an image texture node, the cube comes out completely pink, even though the material preview shows the correct texture. Weirder, some textures will work on the cube, while others don't! Getting this problem in both Cycles and Eevee.
    Gonna guess my problem is a different one. Great video though!

    • @TheCGEssentials
      @TheCGEssentials  2 роки тому

      I don't 100% understand - how could the cube be pink while also having the material preview show the correct texture? Wouldn't it be one or the other?

  • @birdragone
    @birdragone 7 місяців тому

    omg thanks for this video! i deleted so many models i spend forever on because i thought the textures were broken and the model was based around the texture and if the texture was gone i would just make a new one

  • @MishimaZaibatsuCorp
    @MishimaZaibatsuCorp 2 роки тому +1

    You can also set the path to a root folder or directory if you can't find the specific folder. Thanks for making this video, it was super helpful! ❤

  • @Kromus69
    @Kromus69 3 роки тому

    It pains me to admit how long I spent trying to figure out wtf was going on when I moved one of my folders around but could still see the link and even the texture previews looked fine. This solved it immediately. Thank you!

  • @MrCuptastic
    @MrCuptastic 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you! I'm just starting out and the program is already daunting in itself, so when I woke up and saw all the textures missing after all my work learning yesterday, well.. lol! Great video :)

    • @GraphicGR
      @GraphicGR 3 роки тому

      Hey could you help me? I press find missing files and wait for it to load but nothing happens..

    • @MrCuptastic
      @MrCuptastic 3 роки тому

      @@GraphicGR are you in the same file folder that you used for your textures when you press find? I hope you'll get it back

    • @GraphicGR
      @GraphicGR 3 роки тому

      @@MrCuptastic After I exported j had made a folder for it to go into and a put it in and then went into blender. Then I imported it and pressed texture paint and it turned to purple and I did the thing find missing files but nothing happening after many minutes and I kept trying. Now it’s went from being pink to not changing color at all and just saying missing texture detected.

    • @MrCuptastic
      @MrCuptastic 3 роки тому

      @@GraphicGR I apologize, I started using the program for the first time 2 days ago, so I'm still very much a noob lol! I don't know what might be the issue unfortunately. I did some reading around tho, but the only things I got was to make sure you're using an updated version of blender.
      I also saw this, but not sure how helpful it is:
      "In texture paint mode in the upper bar is a texture slot option. Yours might be set to single image without an image. Change it to material and it will detect your created image."

    • @GraphicGR
      @GraphicGR 3 роки тому

      @@MrCuptastic ok thanks

  • @ztalks829
    @ztalks829 Рік тому

    U just saved me from not trying something new thanks a lot!!!!!!!

  • @mariazoe6396
    @mariazoe6396 3 дні тому

    thenk you very much! finally i found my missing textures😄🥰

  • @scottvogel8477
    @scottvogel8477 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for making this video. I sam still very new to Blender and couldn't figure out why the project I downloaded was pink/purple. Never would have thought to look in File.

  • @tarlesblack
    @tarlesblack Рік тому

    Man, very effective, it really did find the missing textures, thank you alot!

  • @ChristopherHemsworthCreative
    @ChristopherHemsworthCreative Місяць тому

    Thanks Justin that helped me a lot! Much appreciated.

  • @oguve278
    @oguve278 Місяць тому

    Exactly what I needed! Many Thanks!
    Still works perfectly as of Blender 4.1

  • @robotspartan9100
    @robotspartan9100 2 роки тому

    well this just saved me about 30 minutes of tedium. THANKS!

  • @3dmonkeybizz
    @3dmonkeybizz Рік тому

    Thanks so much. A three year old video, and as useful in 2023 as it was back then!

  • @comradeopthomasthehedgehog
    @comradeopthomasthehedgehog 10 місяців тому

    Thank you so much! I don't know why I didn't do this earlier haha

  • @sadaasda4147
    @sadaasda4147 2 роки тому

    Well... you saved me probably an hour or more of linking to a kitbash texture folder I moved so thank you

  • @Exploring_Me143
    @Exploring_Me143 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks a lot buddy , you have saved my atleast 2 hrs😭😭 , i want to submit tommorow my project , you saved my time , thanks 🥳🥳😍😍

  • @loayhammoud6751
    @loayhammoud6751 4 місяці тому

    for some people if you download a model or file .blend some textures can have a different format that the one you downloaded convert it then do automatic search for example an error would pop up with the .name like .TGA convert then search

  • @EzFM_Films
    @EzFM_Films 2 роки тому

    even in blender 3.0 this saved me
    thanks a ton

  • @robsbassnutt
    @robsbassnutt 2 роки тому

    This helped me with my new Cyberpunk Kitbash3d set. Love your content mate. Thank's a bunch!

  • @Caio22413
    @Caio22413 2 роки тому

    YOU ABSOLUTE HERO, YOU SAVED ME, i had 400 objects with 400 something different textures. Subbed,THANK YOU!!

  • @zadock6370
    @zadock6370 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much. This is far better than manually re-inputting each individual texture.

    • @TheCGEssentials
      @TheCGEssentials  3 роки тому +1

      Lol - true statement for sure - thanks for watching!

  • @crumplycrime117
    @crumplycrime117 2 роки тому

    omfg you saved my life...was so close to having a breakdown but thought to see if anyone could help and you fucking did thank you so much

  • @apretzel2549
    @apretzel2549 3 роки тому

    it works! after running into so many other blender problems and spending hours, I feel heckin amazing! this took like 5 minutes!

  • @upscalephotos502
    @upscalephotos502 3 роки тому +1

    This helped! Thank you!

  • @pianomusicarchive7620
    @pianomusicarchive7620 2 роки тому

    I love you. you literally saved my life billion times.

  • @reeceedwards7980
    @reeceedwards7980 2 роки тому

    After hours. Finally a simple video showing me instead of some ball aching way lol. Thanks man. Liked and subbed

  • @Ronanimations6
    @Ronanimations6 Рік тому

    Thank you so freaking much!!! short and just gets straight to the point

  • @doctari1061
    @doctari1061 2 роки тому

    Okay, that was f**king brilliant. Thanks for helping. I was bashing my head against the wall because nobody uses the "External Data/Pack Resources" when they sell their assets online. That would solve this problem. But now you've shown me how to fix this monster issue. Cheers

  • @Datssketchy
    @Datssketchy Рік тому

    This is super helpful thank you! Saved me so much time. I was going and picking each png file one by one to build out the model. LIFESAVER!

  • @gamebreakers6437
    @gamebreakers6437 3 роки тому

    Short, quickly & useful.

  • @julianas.3352
    @julianas.3352 3 роки тому

    HAHA THANKS MAN. Funny thing, this is the exact same kitbash I purchased and faced the issue. Again, I appreciate the fix.

    • @TheCGEssentials
      @TheCGEssentials  3 роки тому +1

      LOL - that's why I made the video in the first place :)

  • @GaborHeller
    @GaborHeller Рік тому

    Hi CG, You fixed my complete project, Thanks. 🐶

  • @jacobcrate8687
    @jacobcrate8687 2 роки тому

    This may have been created around 2 years ago but this still helps, thanks!!!

  • @sondamvula
    @sondamvula Місяць тому

    great video justin, great help as always

  • @hazemsy2797
    @hazemsy2797 Рік тому +1

    it worked hhhhh i was having this problem for 3 months and its so simple thx m8

  • @alessandro_medici
    @alessandro_medici Рік тому

    You saved me from a constant headache

  • @marleyprincefordYT
    @marleyprincefordYT 4 роки тому +1

    This helped me a ton after trying to fix it for ages. Thank you kind sir!

  • @meedje4723
    @meedje4723 4 місяці тому

    U SAVED MY LIFEEEE!!!! thank you 😭

  • @digitalzenith6527
    @digitalzenith6527 11 місяців тому

    Thank you big time! Subbed. As a Maya user had no idea how to do this obviously. I know it in Maya but useless here :) Quick search and done. Thanks again!

  • @Roxxfloor
    @Roxxfloor Рік тому

    Ty, in my case I simply forgot that I did some clean folder hierarchy including those missing ones ;)

  • @Devski007
    @Devski007 2 роки тому

    omg thanks I did not know how to do this so when I would have the purple models I would individually go and change every single texture it was such a pain. thx :)

  • @Shibtember
    @Shibtember Рік тому

    dude youre a lifesaver

  • @melikesenabiyikli8638
    @melikesenabiyikli8638 Рік тому

    YOU LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE

  • @dubtube6691
    @dubtube6691 8 місяців тому

    I like the "file path editor"in Maya, its essential when working in a network with other people, strange that something like this i missing in Blender

  • @NN-wc7dl
    @NN-wc7dl 2 роки тому

    Great! I have had this experience without a clue what to do about it. Now I do. Thanks!

  • @eneserdugan4049
    @eneserdugan4049 3 роки тому

    your starting to speak style is really interesting and thanks for teaching for free to everyone :)

  • @jacobpence9357
    @jacobpence9357 2 роки тому +1

    !ACTUAL FIX! at 1:30. Go to file: external data: find missing files and select your missing textures from there.

  • @luizgustavo9481
    @luizgustavo9481 2 роки тому

    DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WAS ALMOST CRYING BECAUSE OF THE MISSING TEXTURES, YOU SAVED ME !

  • @bjaanderson
    @bjaanderson Рік тому

    God you just saved me so much time trying to reimport everything. Thank you so much!

  • @Haykal_77
    @Haykal_77 11 місяців тому

    I know its been a year since this video is up, but thank you for this tutorial! you saved me

  • @thebluemoonlady
    @thebluemoonlady 2 роки тому

    Gosh, you just saved my life!!
    I was having a major panic attack 😂
    Thank you, thank you, thank you !!!!

  • @emileecluff9662
    @emileecluff9662 3 роки тому

    Worked like a Charm! Thanks!!

  • @MalekGamer
    @MalekGamer 3 роки тому +1

    thanks for helping me out man, props to you.

  • @thetalkshop
    @thetalkshop Рік тому

    Thank you for the simple exclamation, this was driving me nuts, you’ve now saved the hours

  • @andrewwhaley2663
    @andrewwhaley2663 2 роки тому

    You're the best man. I love your content.

  • @dailachannel
    @dailachannel 10 місяців тому

    Ohh dude thank you soooo much for this tip!

  • @frederiktigerdyr1403
    @frederiktigerdyr1403 2 роки тому

    Great quick video, still relevant in 2022 :)!

  • @siracusaaaa
    @siracusaaaa 2 роки тому

    HOLY SHET!!! was about to break my PC thank you for your help 👍

  • @PeterOlatinwo
    @PeterOlatinwo 29 днів тому

    Omg! Thank you so much for this video, it is really helpful 🙏🏻

  • @FlowPoly
    @FlowPoly 3 роки тому +1

    Dude, thanks so much. quick and straight to the point

  • @TheSigner1
    @TheSigner1 5 місяців тому

    Life Saver!! Thank you such much! Subscribed!