Applying texture to plane: Get rid of diagonal repeat pattern I wanted to add an image to a plane. Here is what I tried:


Created a new plane
Added a new material and added a texture
Selected .png


and this is what I get



And this is what is shown in the preview:



Why am I getting the diagonal pattern? And why is it applied by default?
Enable "Import Images as Planes add-on" that ships with Blender, and try importing the image directly already mapped that way - it helps avoid weird problems that occur. I use it even to do cutaways later.