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BUZZFX
07-14-2006, 12:35 AM
I am on a tight deadline. I have created a UV Texture Map for a building in Bodypaint. Saved the texture as a .tif file. I then opened Illustrator and placed the UV Texture map , then added colors and exported the UV texture map as a .tif file.

Everything was working fine . The changes I made to the texture were being updated in Cinema 4D (on the building model)

Now the Problem: Then I quit Cinema 4D and when I reopened Cinema 4D and loaded the modela and applied the same texture to the model the texture was all out of proportion, smaller and a mess. I know the UV Texture i made in Bodpaint worked because i saw it on the model, but Why? would it not work later.

I thought as long as you made a UV map in Bodypaint that the UV map (texture) was a material and was not tied directly to body paint od Cinema 4D.

I guess I'm just confused. Did I maybe not save the UV properly in Bodypaint? After I outlined the polygons I just went "save texture as" is this not the correct procedure?

I hope this is a simple mistake.
bobzilla
07-14-2006, 12:42 AM
Maybe you accidentally changed your mapping style? Cubic, spherical, etc? Or tileing is on?

Just guessing...
vid2k2
07-14-2006, 12:44 AM
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vid2k2
07-14-2006, 12:44 AM
I don't have BP, so, no help there,
but, have you tried duping the elements to a new scene
one at a time?

Did you map using the cubic or UV?
Did you click on the tex and use the pull down for "fit object"?
I always use PDF or jpg for tex.
Try saving the tex as another format.

Maybe it'll help
BUZZFX
07-14-2006, 03:45 AM
Thanks all, I am looking into all of these possibilities and will get back to you, hopefully with a solution.
BUZZFX
07-14-2006, 04:20 AM
I am using Box Projection (UV mapping > Projection > Box) for the mapping of the building. I chose Box Projection as it seemed to keep the UV's aligned and all in one piece, but I don't know if this is part of my problem. I reloaded the building model and tried mapping the material to it using Cubic, UVW, all of them and it still doesn't work.

Can you use box projection and create a proper UV map from it?
Erik Heyninck
07-14-2006, 05:14 AM
Just a guess: you may have encountered the same problem I did: I forgot to save in Cinema. When you create an UVmap, you need to store it in the c4d file, if not it gets lost.
bobzilla
07-14-2006, 12:36 PM
Now it sounds like two different methods. Are you using UV mapping or camera mapping?
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