Applying an ArrayPlot as a texture to the surface of a cylinder

I would like to apply a matrix plot to the surface of a 3D cylinder. The matrix plot is the output from a custom cellular-automata, and it would be nice to see the lefthand side of the plot connected to the righthand side.

Edit

This is the solution I ended up using:

mrt =
  ArrayPlot[CellularAutomaton[30, RandomInteger[{0, 1}, 100], 30],

    Frame -> False,
    ImagePadding -> 0,
    PlotRangePadding -> 0];
ParametricPlot3D[{Sin[t]/2Pi, Cos[t]/2Pi,u},{t,0,2Pi},{u,0,2},
  Boxed -> False,
  Axes -> False,
  PerformanceGoal -> "Quality",
  ImageSize -> {300, 300},
  Lighting -> "Neutral",
  PlotStyle -> Texture[mrt],

  Mesh -> None,
  ViewPoint -> {0, 3, 1}]

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Answer

You can use the raster image produced by MatrixPlot as Texture directive if you construct Cylinder using ParametricPlot3D or ContourPlot3D.

 mplt = MatrixPlot[Table[Sin[x y/100], {x, -10, 10}, {y, -10, 10}], 
 ColorFunction -> "Rainbow", Frame -> False, ImagePadding -> 0, 
 PlotRangePadding -> 0]

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ParametricPlot3D

 ParametricPlot3D[{Cos[theta], Sin[theta], rho}, {theta, -Pi, Pi}, {rho, 0, 2}, 
 PlotStyle -> Directive[Specularity[White, 30], Texture[mplt]], 
 TextureCoordinateFunction -> ({#1, #3} &), Lighting -> "Neutral", 
 Mesh -> None, PlotRange -> All, TextureCoordinateScaling -> True]

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Update: To wrap the matrix plot around the cylinder

Change the setting for TextureCoordinateFunction to

TextureCoordinateFunction -> ({#4, #5} &)  (*Thanks: @Rahul *)

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Or leave out the TextureCoordinate... options out and use PlotStyle -> Texture[mplt] (thanks: @DROP TABLE):

ParametricPlot3D[{Cos[theta], Sin[theta], rho}, {theta, -Pi, Pi}, {rho, 0, 2},
 PlotStyle -> Texture[mplt], Lighting -> "Neutral", Mesh -> None, 
  PlotRange -> All, ImageSize -> 400]

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ContourPlot3D

ContourPlot3D[x^2 + y^2 == 1, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, 
 Mesh -> None, Lighting -> "Neutral", 
 ContourStyle -> Directive[Specularity[White, 30], Texture[mplt]], 
 TextureCoordinateFunction -> ({#1, #3} &)]

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How to Texturize Disk/Circle/Rectangle

Heike's answer MathGroup: Texture on Disk in Mathematica 8

Wraping a Rectangle to Form a Cylinder

ColorFunction and ColorFunctionScaling Issue with ParametricPLot3D

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