Flip
Flips texture orientation.
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3D TextureIntermediate
Texture
UV coordinate adjustment
Adjusts how a texture is read through UV coordinates with flip, swap, rotation, scale and offset controls.
Texture
DaVinci Resolve · Fusion
Texture is a utility node for repositioning and reorienting bitmap or procedural texture coordinates on 3D surfaces.
Overview
What Texture does
The node does not create a new image by itself. Instead it changes the UV interpretation used by the material or surface, making it useful for correcting orientation, repeating, scaling and offset problems.
Simple operations such as Swap UV, Rotate 90 degrees, U/V Scale and U/V Offset can often fix a mapping problem without editing the source texture externally.
Mental model
Think of Texture as a small UV transform panel: the image stays the same, but the surface reads it from different coordinates.
Common uses
Correct upside-down textures
Rotate a map by 90 degrees
Scale a texture on a surface
Offset texture placement
Flow anatomy
Inputs & outputs
The port structure shows how this node fits into a Fusion graph.
Texture / Material Input
Material or texture data applied to the 3D object.
Texture
Fusion node
Texture Output
The processed result from this node.
Inspector
Important parameters
Start with these controls before reaching for more complicated workarounds.
Swap UV
Exchanges the U and V coordinate axes.
Rotate 90°
Rotates the texture orientation by 90 degrees through its UV mapping.
U Scale
Scales texture coordinates along the U direction.
V Scale
Scales texture coordinates along the V direction.
U Offset
Sets the U Offset.
V Offset
Sets the V Offset.
Practical setup
A reliable workflow
- 1
Connect the texture before it enters the material.
- 2
Correct orientation first with Flip, Swap UV or Rotate 90 degrees.
- 3
Set U/V Scale to match the surface proportions.
- 4
Use offsets for final placement.
- 5
Check seams and repeated areas in the rendered 3D view.
Typical node chain
Texture source→
Texture UV transform→
Material
Examples
Where this node fits in real work
Rotate a label texture
Fix a label that appears sideways on a mapped surface.
MediaInTextureMaterialShape3D
Repeat a procedural map
Increase UV scale before sending a procedural map into a material.
FastNoiseTextureTextureMaterialMergeRenderer3D
Troubleshooting
Common mistakes
Editing source files for a mapping problem that UV controls can solve
Using nonuniform scaling unintentionally
Ignoring seam behavior
Confusing UV scale with object Transform3D scale
Production notes
Practical tips
Fix UV orientation before adjusting material color or lighting.
Use separate U and V scale only when the surface proportions require it.
Keep mapping changes close to the texture branch so the graph remains readable.
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