Texture rendering as black

[donney86]

I downloaded a group of textures off the 3D Warehouse. And, the texture I decided to use is rendering as black.

Also, the background ground is not rendering.

[Chris]

This is undoubtedly a back face / front face issue. Make sure your front faces are showing (and they are probably painted black).

[Fletch]

I downloaded a group of textures off the 3D Warehouse. And, the texture I decided to use is rendering as black.

Also, the background ground is not rendering.

The SketchUp green ground will not render. In order to render a ground plane, insert the object for "Infinite Plane" and paint the ground plane the color or texture you want it to be.
It is better, however, to use a Spherical sky in the the Spherical Sky slot in the Environment Settings Dialog. I suggest a Treeline Sky which will surround your model with a treeline, a grassy ground, and blue sky with clouds. There are a few available for free to Pro users in our Resources section.

[donney86]

The front face is facing outward. And, back face is default paint not black.
I was going to attach the siding textures as a skp model, but even a small skp file is too big to attach.

Where do I find the object for "Infinite Plane"?

[Fletch]

it's not possible that a small sketchup file is too big to attach. Did you purge the model before saving?
Create new empty scene, try again.

Extensions>Twilight V2> Objects > choose object (may only be available to Pro users)

It's possible that siding image is some strange format image embedded in the material.
Open the image for editing using SketchUp's "Open image to edit" feature.
Save the texture as a .jpg or .png file, and insert the texture into SketchUp the old fashioned way. It should render no problem.
If we had the file we would be able to answer right away.
You can host the file on a hosting service like dropbox and post link if too big for attachment.