I'm just drawing a blank with this texture issue lol

[Gabi Fanshaw]

i need to apply text over an existing textured object. i have the text on an alpha background and saved/uploaded as a png. And of course, when i drag it onto the side of the prim where it needs to go, it makes the background around the text invisible.

 

can someone please tell me how to do this?

 

Thanks :)

[insilvermoonlight]

That's because you can only apply one texture per face. When you drag your text/alpha image onto the face, you are bumping the other texture and replacing it with the new one. So what you would need to do, if you can, take the bottom layer texture into your editing program and apply the text to it there. Outside of that, you can place a prim which you have applied the text/alpha to, over the original object. That works okay for flat objects like signs, walls, etc. Not so well for organic shaped objects. 

[ObviousAltIsObvious]

if the object doesn't have an existing extra face to add an overlay like that, you can sandwich a second prim on top to hold your second texture. just make the rest of the faces 100% trans to hide them.

[Gabi Fanshaw]

Thanks so much for responses. I understand