Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

3 Dimensional Chat / texturing a sphere

Author
Message
Sonic 91 Software
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Mar 2005
Location: In a Cryptic Crossworld!
Posted: 9th Feb 2007 17:35
Link
i am trying to texture a sphere, not with anything major at the moment, just a simple smiley face. however, where should i position the facial features on the bitmap in order to get them looking alright when I load it into dbpro and texture a sphere with it?

"Fight the good fight of faith,
Lay hold on eternal life"
-1 Timothy 6:12
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
MP3D
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Jan 2007
Location:
Posted: 9th Feb 2007 17:52
Link
A sphere UV mapped for ya. there is an example picture to show you the front and the back. You need to paint on the picture that is not the example. COOL..


MP3D

Attachments

Login to view attachments
Back to top
Profile PM Website
RUCCUS
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Posted: 9th Feb 2007 18:06
Link
Look up UV Mapping in google, when texturing objects, you dont just draw on a bitmap and hope the features go where you want, you do a process called UV Mapping that creates a 2D image of all of the faces of your model, and you then draw over that image. Look for uv maps in google to get an idea of what they tend to look like.


:: Check out the new FPS Tutorial's Progress at http://www.freewebs.com/ruccus
along with code, media, and more.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
zircher
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Dec 2002
Location: Oklahoma
Posted: 10th Feb 2007 18:47
Link
Just to add to that, there are several styles of UV mapping. Some software 'projects' a texture on to the faces and assigns the UV coordinates automatically. Others 'unfold' the model allow you to paint on the texture map.

Examples of projections include planar, cylindical, and spherical mapping usually along one of the three major axis. From what I've seen, unfolded UV texture maps are more common with character models while simple objects have textures projected on to them. Of course, either method can be applied to the other style of model.
--
TAZ

"Do you think it is wise to provoke him?" "It's what I do." -- Stargate SG-1
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-26 15:37:30
Your offset time is: 2024-11-26 15:37:30