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negative9
05-07-2003, 08:03 AM
Has anybody had any success at UV Mapping with 98.09?

The reason I ask is that I had tried a few different things to get UV Mapping to work all resulted in error.

According to the Official forum you now have to import your "textured" image into wings using the "File > Image Plane" method. Once there your textured image will be below your UNWRAPED image. According to the forum, you just drag-and-drop your textured image ontop of the UNWRAP, but THIS DOES NOT WORK!

What I found is that you have to create your Textured image while your in UNWRAP mode(minimizing the program), import your image while in UNWRAP mode and then drag your texture over onto the large UNWRAPED image...then "Apply texture".

Yes that sort-of works...now you have a textured...FRANKENSTIEN... not sure, but it isn't the model you had before you textured it...what i mean is it destorts your model.

I was just wondering if anybody was having any sucess with this or a work-a-round...or tell me I'm doing something wrong(with the correct method, of course).

//negative9//
Jide
05-07-2003, 04:41 PM
This is how it should work (,works for me):

1. Import you texture with File>Import Image...

2. Open the AutoUV window=UV Mapping (experimental) in the Body-mode menu. If you have unwrapped it already then just select edit the existing UV-Mapping otherwise unwrap it as you see fit.

3. Change the texture size from the drawing options unless you want your texture to be resized when you apply it later on

4. Open the Outliner window

5. Drag your texture from the outliner window to the AutoUV window

6. Select Apply image

Voilá
negative9
05-08-2003, 10:53 AM
Thought I was missing something...that solved my problem Jide...thanx.

I guess I was just under a false pretence that once I could see my "unwraped" in the "outliner", and open it from there that i could edit from there as well.

Also, I must have been missing a step somewhere else because I thought I had tried that way before (experimenting), but never recieved the msgbox with the "edit the existing UV-Mapping" before.

Well works now.

New toy in the toy box to play with.

//negative9//
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