CGTalk - how to use uv maps?

campy22

07-11-2003, 04:44 PM

hi everybody..
gosh darn it , if you would excuse my french..
i 've been playing around with wings for about two months now on a regular basis, and, coming in from a very two d graphic background, no prior experience in three d.. and, wow, i love it!
wings is so fabulous .

but..
my limits are pointing their nasty litl heads right now..
so.. i'll be glad if i could use a few good helping hands.

see..
i am at the point where i want to start adding colors and materials to my models...
how do I do that?
i mean.. once i have created my unfolded maps.. what do I do with them?

also... once i have created a group and assigned a color to it, is there a way to change that color?
let's say for instance, within that group , I want to change a few polygons???

How do I use the pov ray thingy?
I've downloaded the file, and it is a .tar file.. what do i do with it???
and, if you guys have any good tutorials on how to go from the model to a colored , rendered version.. please let me know..

Ok,, another quetsion.. CLACOS???
is it still not working with the newer versions of wings??
I miss the slide tool a lot!!!!

lol
ok, have a great days, wingers of all sorts and kinds!!!
thank you

cloudkj

07-11-2003, 06:28 PM

very good questions.. i would love it if anyone can answer them too :D

i have a even more basic question. how do you unfold the maps in wings?:shrug:

JDex

07-11-2003, 07:14 PM

Take a look at this guys...

clickie (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52743)

icr82nz

07-11-2003, 07:27 PM

AFTER YOU UNFOLD IT . QUIT AND SAVE TEXTURE AND U.V. NOW GO TO YOUR OUTLINER IN THE MENUBAR. OPEN IT AND LOOK FOR YOUR MAP. IT WILL SAY DIFFUSE. CLICK ON MAKE EXTERNAL AND SAVE AS BMP OR JPEG ETC. NOW OPEN A PAINT OR PHOTO PROGRAM WITH THAT FILE TOU JUST SAVED. PAINT , LAYER ,ADD TEXTURE ETC.SAVE IT AS THE SAME FILE YOU OPENED. NOW IN WINGS GO BACK TO THAT DIFFUSE IN YOUR OUTLINER AND CLICK. IN THAT MENU CLICK REFRESH. CLICK ON THE TOOL MENU OR CHOOSE DESELECT AND TA DA. YOU HAVE A MAPPED MODEL. HOPE THAT HELPED. I HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO UNFOLD CORRECTLY USING ANTISTRETCH AND WHAT NOT. BUT I HAVE GOT IT TO WORK TO WHERE I COULD PUT FACIAL HAIR AND TATTOOS ETC. ON MY MODELS:thumbsup:

campy22

07-11-2003, 08:20 PM

wow!cool explanations.
i'll try that!

thanks a bunch!

MrBraun

07-11-2003, 08:28 PM

Hello boys!! :thumbsup:
Read this post : AUTO UV (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74072) !!
Have more informations about uv maps ! :beer:
However on the relased manual 1.6.1 have a section on the uv maps !!
Hope that is helpfull!!

P.S.
As promise i write a little steb by step for show the entire process !! :thumbsup:

cloudkj

07-12-2003, 04:25 AM

HELP!

i can't export after i create the UV mapping projections.

i have the pieces laying out on the whitespace but then i can't export..:shrug:

negative9

07-12-2003, 05:34 AM

I think your at the stage when you have to

RMB > Quit > SAVE UV

Then in the Outliner Window (Window > Outliner) right click over the object named "Diffuse" and select "Export" a save as dialog box should open for you to save your UV Map for texturing.

Page 103-108 of the 1.6.1 manual goes over some of the concepts behind the UVMAPING process.

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72252

//negative9//

campy22

07-12-2003, 05:22 PM

ok guys...
i'mmaking progress here.. thanks to you and all the wings lovers out there( and, by jolly golly , there are plenty and many!!)

One more question though..

I've gotten all the way to exportingmy maps, painting them in photoshop...and...
NOW WHAT??
how do i bring them back in?
i tried refreshing the picture, but.. where is the refresh option??

C'mon.. one more litlle push..'almost there!!!

By the way.. did anyone tell BJORN he's created a fabulous software here?
hu??
campy

negative9

07-12-2003, 11:03 PM

Go to File > Image Plane

It will open up a open file dialog box, find your image

Now the image will show up in your outliner window.

Select the model > RMB > AUtoUV

It will ask you if you want to use existing UV or create a new one

USE EXISTING

It will open your UVMAP

Click and drag your Textured Image Plane over to the the UVMap, it will then replace it (sort of), but you'll get the desired effect your looking for.

//negative9//

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