# 3D Model Textures

## What are 3D textures?

Textures are **images (regular JPG or PNG images) wrapped around a 3D object** to achieve a relatively hyperrealistic quality of the model. By calculating how the lighting will affect the object, textures allow to recreate complex materials such as leather, skin, wood, and plastic, etc...\
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