Using the Texture Application Tool gives you full control over the application of textures in the Source engine. You can select, apply, scale, rotate, and align textures all within this easy-to-use tool.
There are many ways to apply textures to brushes. Brushes, upon creation, are given the currently selected texture, but there is still much to learn!
There are two main tabs in the Texture Application Tool. For now, let's focus on the Material tab. The first thing you'll probably notice about the Texture Application Tool is that the window title actually says Face Edit Sheet. Since the tool is named Texture Application Tool, that is what I'll be calling it throughout this chapter. The second thing you'll notice is the texture preview pane in the bottom-left corner. Just above this is the Current texture drop-down list that displays the current texture name and allows you to quickly select the last few textures you have used. Let's get acquainted...