How to Add Decals/Logos to Any Model in Blender 

BLENDER 4.2: The "Import Images as Planes" functionality has been added to base blender, no need to enable an addon. Just press Shift+A, go to Image, and select Mesh Plane.

3 years later and its still working what a life saver thank you so much!

From the way you worded the explanations to the time you spent on each part and all the topics you covered, this was perfect. Thank you.

Thank you so much, you saved me so much time. I'll definitely use this method a lot in the future

Nice, this is the simplest “vanilla” decal tutorial I’ve seen thanks! Also for the non transparent backgrounds you don’t need the mix shader, the image comes with the transparency already being fed into the transmission of the principal BSDF, you can just put the image and with the color ramp into that transparency instead. Either way, really great tutorial!

I cannot believe how well this worked. Thanks so much.

This has saved me SO much time and effort going way too complicated to get the same result - thank you

Subscribed just because you saved me a shit ton of more time and stress than I already had today from this one simple thing. Thank you

You are the Man! thanks for the service to society.

Absolutely brilliant, quick and concise tutorial. I've been looking around for ways of doing this and your video is the life safer. Thank you so much man.

this is what i look for , thanku man

Great pacing - no nonsense. 10/10.

Thank you for this tutorial. It has been very helpful for my commercial projects.

thank you so much, this method is so much easier than others

Straight to the point tutorial. Very Useful and loved it.

Bro I made a 1mm thick mesh, zoomed in like ant man in the quantum realm, marked the seams, unwrapped it, only for my product label to be disproportionate to the mesh. Thank you for this...

Thank you! I've been working on this motorcycle model forever!

Brilliant tutorial - in terms of simple decal in blender, this video is all you need! cheers.

This is the best thing I've ever discovered, thanks so much!!! It helped me a lot! :D

this was the easiest tutorial i found thanks a lot man 🙌👍

You might not see this comment but your video is so good that I had to. Loved its simplicity and straightforwardness.

Excellent video. Short and easy.

Thank you, very handy, straight to the point in a crystal clear explanation

Quick and to the point, very nice. What are the disadvantages of this?

I did everything step by step, but for some reason the image I bring in is always gray. Any idea why?

Very helpful, thanks

THANK YOU SIR~! I've seen a paid addon for like $30 being pushed to do this! I'm glad I found your video instead!

Great tutorial and time safer. Exactly what I needed to get more proficient in Blender. Many thanks 🙏👍🏻

Went to fast still trying to place decal in plane, i get the image size but not the image what am i doing wrong?

thx man !

Wow! Excellent video very Informative and easy to do and follow.

you are the meaning of lifesaver.

okay I found a problem when I hit CTRL+J to join my decals to my object (to make them all one object) the decals stretch over the full object! how do I join them without distortion?

Thank you very Much. The only one worked for me

I am not at home rn but I think I need exactly this. XD Thank you.

I definitely have to learn how to UV unwrap

Nice! Very simple and easy to understand!

great tutorial!

Super highly valuable content. Thanks!

Unfortunately, despite following everything on screen, my logo appears inside of the geometry, Tried all the settings to set it above the surface but it just is stuck like 1 thin layer behind it.

excellent tips, thank you

Good tutorial.

awesone it is the fastest way and easy i found you the best

thankyou BSWM 🙌🏼

that was a nice tutorial !!!!! thanks

Thank you. Really helpful

oh yeez thanks so much!! i was struggling with the f label

That was very helpful. Thanks.

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Fantastic Video!

Thank mate 👍👍

You are a life saver, thank you!!!

perfect! thanks

thank you ! :)

Thanks so much 🙏

Thanks, that helped me a lot!

Thank You Brother.

Thanks.

hello, while using images as planes, the shadows of the planes are falling on the other objects of the scene, making it look weird. Is there any solution for that?

Thank you!

Thanks so much!!

Is there a way to "snap" the logo to the object? Because when I try to measure it by eye it never sits exactly in top. Also, when I try to parent the image to the object it doesn´t move correctly when I move it.

perfect thanks so much

Merci pour ce tuto, très simple mais efficace

Thanks!!!

How would I merge the image into the actual object so it rotates/moves together? i'm trying to do a product animation

thax bro u my man

take my likes bro. imma use decals for building imperfections like dirts and rusts.

Thank You so much ^^

When you go to insert the image at 0:22 do you right click because when I do it shows me completely different stuff.

Life saving video. 😀

I have followed the tutorial, but if say I want to export it into Unity, then the decals are not showing up. What can I do?

done, thanks

what do you men with rotate at 0:25? Only pressing the "R" button doesn't bring me this result like in your video.

What if I try to put a logo on a cloth simulation plane, it distorts the image a bit but what could I do?

eres un maldito genio! gracias

thanks much appreciated.

well this isn't working at all for my bottle. the discord group is telling me to search for unwrap uv and stuff like that but i have no idea what all of that means

How to fix the flickering of the decal on the surface?

Thanks bro 😍

Thanks for the tuto; i was just wondering if someone could explain how to make one single chosen color from a texture image could be transformed into alpha only by nodes ? Could you ? Thanks again

This came out on my birthday, I just realized. EDIT: How would I export this with my model? I am trying to import to Roblox and I wanted to know I if I just export the texture as is.

jesus christ, you saved me

Thanks for a great and easy-to-follow tutorial. I'm trying to shrinkwrap a decal that shall go all the way around a bottle. But Blender cuts the decal halfway around. Any suggestions on how to solve this? Thanks in advance!

i literally just so happen to be doing a red thermal cup lol. clutch

how to properly line the image plane with the face of an object ?

This is nice and simple, but what about extruding these?

Ye sure, subdivision surface at 6 so let it have 2m verts. Greaaaatt idea. Thanks

Nice! I'm adding stickers to some banana models I made from a tutorial by Kev Binge, and this works great! Thanks! :)

why i dont have the images as planes option?

Issue: Alpha channel causes shadow on a reflective surface while using Ambient Occlusion mask in shader. Fix: Object Properties > Visibility > Ray Visibility > Uncheck shadows

when i import my image its just a grey surface. why?

*Nah it was better without sound.* Lol interesting tutorial tho.

How do you stick it to the Cube?

goated

How do you export a transparent image on a model or object?

Better method would probably be to set the wrap method to project, but other than that good tutorial

subscribed liked and bell you rock sir

when i put the logo on my model and try to move it the logo doesn't move will the model anyone know how to fix this?

Hell Yeah!!!