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macoy

04-03-2002, 12:35 AM

here's what've done in xsi2. There's a skin behind the front glassy panel, now I wanna use a transparent map to make "holes" on the skin where those knots are. I wanna edit the tranparency map in ps so it will fit the location of the knots. But how can I know where exactly those knots are in PS? Is there any way that I can export a map with the outlines of the knots and then I know where I should paint holes in PS?
Use viewport capture?

EdHarriss

04-03-2002, 04:38 AM

Use the texture editor or one of the "Stamper" type of tools in the netview. Either of those should do what you want.

macoy

04-03-2002, 07:39 AM

I tried texture editor, but could find the command, and the problem is, the skin and the knots are seperate objects, while editing the skin mesh in texture editor, i cant see the points of the knots........

Atyss

04-03-2002, 09:30 AM

What I do in such cases and don't want to bother with commands, I hide everything except the object and take a print screen of the object in wireframe mode (you must be facing what side you want, of course). Then I paste this in Photoshop and create my texture on that.

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

macoy

04-03-2002, 10:40 AM

Thx Atyss, that's what I've been thinking, but wanna know about the command as well:P

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