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bakkaboy
05-22-2003, 06:35 PM
Hi all -

wonderin if i could get a little help. ultimately i'm trying to texture a poly head. for now, i'm starting w/ a sphere, painting on some color w/ 3D paint tool, then,with the sphere selected, from the uv texture ed, uv snapshot.
when i name the file, save it (as .iff), & open it in photoshop, it's just the background (black) & the grid.

Why can't i see the texture?

thanks
SheepFactory
05-22-2003, 07:10 PM
you do have projection on the sphere?
bakkaboy
05-22-2003, 07:27 PM
by projection, do you mean in the 3D paint att ed, under stroke, "Screen Projection" with an option for reflection x, y & z?

no. should i have that on?

thanks
SheepFactory
05-22-2003, 07:32 PM
no i mean edit polygons -> texturing -> spherical projection (or some other)

You will not see your UV's in the Uv editor unless you have a projection.
bakkaboy
05-22-2003, 07:33 PM
i'm sorry - actually when i open the file in PS, it's transparent w/ the white grid. When i preview it (with graphic converter), it's black.
bakkaboy
05-22-2003, 07:48 PM
I can see my projection just fine in the uv texture editor - it's just when i save the file out & open it up that i don't have any color information
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