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<a href="index.html"><img alt="FillProperties Hatch Style" title="FillProperties Hatch Style" border="0" hspace="10" src="FillPropertiesHatchStyle.png" width="166" height="115" align="middle"/></a>
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<a href="index.html"><img alt="LineProperties Linetype Options" title="LineProperties Linetype Options" title="LineProperties Linetype Options" border="0" hspace="10" src="LinePropertiesLinetypeExample.png" height="115" align="left"/></a>
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<a href="index.html"><img alt="MovieTexture Authoring Options" title="MovieTexture Authoring Options" border="0" hspace="10" src="MovieTextureAuthoringOptions.png" height="115" align="left"/></a>
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<a href="index.html"><img alt="ImageTexture Example" title="ImageTexture Example" border="0" hspace="10" src="ImageTextureFigure18.1X3dSpecification.gif" height="115" align="left"/></a>
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<a href="index.html"><img alt="PixelTexture Snowman" title="PixelTexture Snowman" border="0" hspace="10" src="PixelTextureSnowmanSnapshot.png" height="115" align="left"/></a>
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Appearance defines how color, material and texture images are applied as the visual characteristics of a shape.
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<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Appearance" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Appearance</a>
is individually associated with specific geometry within a shared
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Shape" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Shape</a>
node.
Each Appearance is a container node that can include
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#Material" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">Material</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#TwoSidedMaterial" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">TwoSidedMaterial</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#ImageTexture" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">ImageTexture</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#MovieTexture" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">MovieTexture</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#PixelTexture" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">PixelTexture</a>
and
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#MultiTexture" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">MultiTexture</a>
nodes.
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Appearance can also contain property nodes for controlling rendering and texture:
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#FillProperties" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">FillProperties</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#LineProperties" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">LineProperties</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#TextureProperties" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">TextureProperties</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#TextureTransform" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">TextureTransform</a>
and
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#MultiTextureTransform" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">MultiTextureTransform</a>
nodes.
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The supporting
<a href="https://x3dGraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter05AppearanceMaterialTextures.pdf" target="X3dChapterSlideset">Chapter 5 slideset</a>
and course videos
(<a href="https://www.movesinstitute.org/Video/Courses/X3dForWebAuthors/X3dForWebAuthorsVideo.html#5" target="X3dChapterVideos">NPS</a>,
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuSIsM-86simimJiemZgl1GRxY-5yOzcB" target="X3dChapterYouTubeVideos">YouTube</a>)
for <i>X3D for Web Authors</i> are available online via
<a href="https://x3dGraphics.com" target="_blank">X3dGraphics.com</a>.
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Also available:
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Images" target="_blank">X3D Scene Authoring Hints</a>
for
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#Images" target="_blank">Images and Videos</a>
and
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dSceneAuthoringHints.html#urls" target="_blank">URL Links</a>.
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