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Assigning a Texture
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This page just shows how to add a texture to a slot.
The :doc:`/render/blender_render/textures/texture_panel` is explained on the previous page.

.. figure:: /images/render_blender-render_textures_texture-panel.png

   Texture panel.


Creating a new Texture Data-Block in a new Texture Slot
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Select an empty slot, then click on the *New* button.

This will do two things:

- It will create a new texture data-block.
- Also, it will add a new slot in the textures stack.


Creating a new Texture Data-Block in a non-empty slot
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Select a non-empty slot, then click on the *Plus* button.

This will do two things:

- It will create a new texture data-block, with a new name, by
  making a copy of the texture data-block assigned to the selected slot.
- It will assign this new data-block to the selected slot.


Sharing a Texture Data-Block in a non-empty slot
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- Select a non-empty slot, then click on the *Browse* button.
  This will open a menu showing all the available Texture data-blocks in this file.
- Choose a texture data-block in the menu to assign it to the selected slot.
  This will share the chosen texture with more than one object,
  hence the *Number of users* shown in the texture data-block will increase by one.