Ok im an extreme noob to 3d in general, just got 3dsmax and got a question. I’ve looked through the tutorials list in this forum and still have no clue how to simply put a texture onto a shape. Please help. Thanks
this might come in handy: http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/materials/materials.asp
to apply a bitmap texture to you mesh open up material editor, click on a sample sphere, click on the grey squared button next to the diffuse color in the basic parameters rollout, choose your bitmap and apply it to your mesh! [see more detailed information in the link ]
Thank you much. Very helpfull 
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