I downloaded a nice model from Blender Swap in .obj format.  Along with it was the .mtl file.  When I import it into Bryce there are no textures.  Was I supposed to do something special to ensure that the textures came along...How do I get the textures out of the .mtl

Thank You

The .mtl file does not contain any textures it just contains the texture file path information.  In the zip file that you downloaded was there any texture files included?

.mtl only shows the obj where the materials are, what they are and where they go. If you put the included textures in the same folder with the obj and the mtl file they should show up in Bryce when you import.

Laurie

Thanks for answering so soon..As an .obj download there were no text files in .rar..Only the .mtl file...Should I convert if to a diff export formst from blender?

No textures included? Them I'm afraid you'll have to make the textures yourself, or pass. :(

Laurie

A link to the Blendswap page would be helpful, just to confirm that there are no textures. This is entirely possible as not all models have textures included.

I just realized I have been saying this wrong...When I open the downloaded file in Blender, the textures ARE there..It's when I export them as an .obj file that I lose the texture....Perhaps I didn't check something in exporting?

Thank you all for your help..Nice models made in blender

Hope to get this fixed soon..

The textures have probably been packed into the blend file on saving.  

Try this:

Open the file (.blend) you downloaded from Blendswap in Blender.

Go to File>External Data>Unpack into files

Select from the options that come up now - Write Files to Current Directory

If you navigate back to the folder that has the Blendswap .blend there should now be a folder named "textures" which contains the texture files.

Back in Blender export the model to .obj format saving it into the folder with the textures.  

Open Bryce and import the model.  If you get an error message about not finding textures just continue on, Bryce should then open up a window so you can browse to the textures but if you saved the .obj to the same folder then you should already be there.  If you are in the folder with the textures click on open otherwise navigate to where this folder is.  Back in Bryce the textures should now have been applied and it should render correctly.