Ok, I''m a developer who decided to take up 3d modeling because I couldn''t find anyone or anywhere to get them made. I have 3d studio max now and I am having quite the frustarating experience. This program is stupid. So to start out, I decided to make a tree. Real simple, a cylinder and a sphere. So I start out, and it''s goin ok, I set it all up. Edit the cylinder mesh to add a little something. Group it all together. So it''s goin well. Then I create a bitmap I want to wrap around it too add texture. I read about 100 tutorials about this now, they all say, goto material editor, hit bitmap, choose your file bla bla bla. Select what you want, make sure you have a UVW map, then hit apply material to selection. I do that, and the apply to texture button is disabled! What the fuck! No matter what I do I can not get it to let me apply it. What is goin on here!

Is your tree actually selected when you hit the apply button?

Yes